Our people here at the PDog advise us …..
So here in Missouri the statewide shelter in place is through May 4–though Gov. Parson has largely left it up to localities.
Franklin County–an exurban and rural county southwest of St. Louis had a reopening of sorts on Friday with allowing many of the same businesses as GA did to open.
The result? Most did not. Business owners were on local news This morning sayimg it just wasn’t worth it. This was a political stunt to capitalize on Parson’s leaving it up to the localities. This one wanted to scream “first”!
St. Louis City and County with a combined population of 1.3 million–almost half of the metro area residents–is under shelter at home until mid May at least….
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Here in SC I have noticed the same thing.
We have had a “soft opening” of sorts.Some retail places and a few parks.
The beaches mostly have refused to open and the Governor has essentially said he would honor their wish.
After fairly ludicrous statements that he thought the economy would rebound by late June,McMaster seems to be accepting that this will be a long road back….
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It appears the media has also begun to accept that Americans ARE gonna begin to leave their homes after being cooped up for a month…
This does NOT mean they will do what Donald Trump wanted…To just go out and act like the pre-virus days…This is NOT about Donald Trump who cares less about anyone else….
But the idea that we would stay home for 12 -18 months until a vaccine was available was never gonna be the case…
Nor is testing gonna be able to be available for everyone several time’s a month…
The best solution so far has been the cheapest and most wide spread….
Social distancing and just riding thru getting the virus…..
We don’t want to get the virus and HAVE worked to be careful avoiding it…
And will continue to…
But people ARE coming out to embrace what it is to be human and not be locked up away from other humans…
But they aren’t gonna just jump into things…
Slow and steady wins the future….
The easing will not be universal and is cleaved largely along party lines, with some Republican governors moving to reopen key sectors and Democrats moving more slowly. In states such as New York, where covid-19 has exacted its heaviest toll, there is no letup to the rules in sight. Even in places where restrictions are being relaxed, governors have emphasized the need to proceed cautiously, lest they unleash a second wave.
“We simply cannot open everything all at once and reverse the good work we have done collectively over the past month to slow the spread of coronavirus,” Idaho Gov. Brad Little (R) said in a statement announcing his state’s plans…..
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“What matters a lot more than the date that the stay-at-home ends is what we do going forward, and how we have an ongoing, sustainable way, psychologically, economically and from the health perspective, to have the social distancing we need,” Governor Polis, a Democrat, said on “State of the Union,” the CNN Sunday morning talk show.
“Otherwise, if we can’t succeed in doing that on an ongoing basis, the stay-at-home was for nothing,” he said.
States have struggled to navigate competing demands to keep both residents and the economy alive. A handful, including Alaska, Georgia, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Tennessee, have begun partly reopening some businesses, like hair salons, gyms and bowling alleys…
Thanks to Jack and Scott here at the PDog for their reports…
image…Charlotte Kesl/for The Washington Post
NY deaths drop to 367 ……
That and hospital and ICU numbers are the lowest since late March….
NY Death drop again down to 337….
They seem to be dropping by 20 – 30 each day….
NY 20% or so numbers of positive anti-body tests point to the death RATE being about half of what it had been thought to be for the last month..
The Governor is looking to open most of his state EXCEPT NYC by a little soon..
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Ramping up ain’t gonna be EASY like Trump thinks….
Plans for a swift reopening of malls, factories and other businesses accelerated Tuesday, but they quickly collided with the reality that persuading workers and consumers to overlook their coronavirus fears and resume their roles in powering the U.S. economy may prove difficult….
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This “ reopening “ in no way signifies a return to “normal.”
Indeed, it is but the harbinger of a new “normal.”
First of all, millions of businesses are unlikely to ever “reopen.” Social distancing makes the restaurant and bar business presumptively no longer viable per se, absent a total restructuring which may make them no longer able to survive.Indeed most businesses that depend upon gathering large numbers of people in enclosed places are either going to have drastically revamp themselves or they won’t survive.
Then there are the auxiliary businesses that service the above, a whole other story.
This doesn’t even address the reluctance of a substantial number of consumers to frequent establishments of all types.
So yes “reopening “ is happening.However,it is but a beginning ,and likely to be a very rocky one,on along road forward.
Agreeded….
Baby Steps….
In a surprise move, SC Governor Henry McMaster has announced that the “stay at home”order,due to expire tomorrow ,will be extended for fifteen more days.
McMaster ,who allowed certain retail establishments to reopen last week, had been expected to rescind the Order ,and likely allow even more reopenings .
After saying last week that the state should experience a quick economic rebound , McMaster has a much different tone today,going so far as saying that South Carolinians should not expect large scale reopenings anytime “soon.”
He might have been influenced in this seeming retreat by the generally negative reaction by newspapers and some legislators to his “reopening “talk last week and similiar negativity directed at Ga. Governor Brian Kemp.