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Georgia to allow some shuttered businesses to reopen amid pandemic
AJC ^ | 04/20/2020 | Greg Bluestein

Posted on 04/20/2020 2:21:34 PM PDT by devane617

The governor’s order will allow gyms, bowling alleys, salons and some other indoor facilities closed under his shelter in place order to resume operations by Friday if they comply with social distancing requirements and meet other safety standards. And restaurants, which were banned from in-person dining, will be allowed to reopen on April 27 if they meet guidelines his office will release later this week. Theaters will also be covered by those new standards. Bars and nightclubs will stay shuttered.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: georgia; strinks; virus
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1 posted on 04/20/2020 2:21:34 PM PDT by devane617
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It’s begining.


2 posted on 04/20/2020 2:22:11 PM PDT by cowboyusa (America Cowboy Up)
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To: devane617

We need about ten states to open up that will put a lot of pressure on the rest.


3 posted on 04/20/2020 2:24:27 PM PDT by poinq
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To: devane617
If one looks at the medical definition of ‘pandemic’, COVID-19 fails to fulfill the definition in most of the United States, except for perhaps the NY, NJ and nearby ‘hot spots’, due to the relatively low fatality rate given what we now know about it as hard statistics trickle in.
4 posted on 04/20/2020 2:27:34 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: devane617

This is how federalism works, thanks be to God and the Founders, in that order.


5 posted on 04/20/2020 2:29:25 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: devane617

Go, Georgia!


6 posted on 04/20/2020 2:30:07 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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Georgia to allow...

Well, isn't that generous of Georgia?

Thank you, m'lord.


7 posted on 04/20/2020 2:31:36 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: poinq

“We need about ten states to open up that will put a lot of pressure on the rest.”

That is exactly what it’s going to take. Thus far the 26 GOP Governors have wimped out. We need 15 to able to really get it rolling.


8 posted on 04/20/2020 2:38:54 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: devane617

Thank you boss government man !!!!

for allowing me to run my little business


9 posted on 04/20/2020 2:42:11 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guv mint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: bagster

That’s mighty white of them.


10 posted on 04/20/2020 2:42:29 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: devane617

Kemp is determined to turn Georgia into NY


11 posted on 04/20/2020 2:42:31 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Vote Giant Meteor in 2020)
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Why don’t you just hide inside forever? I am ready to get back to my gym and live again.


12 posted on 04/20/2020 2:58:16 PM PDT by Codeflier (Covid-19 taught me: Two types of "conservatives", frightened safety seekers vs. freedom lovers)
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>>Kemp is determined to turn Georgia into NY<<

Interesting comment.


13 posted on 04/20/2020 3:05:51 PM PDT by devane617 (Kyrie Eleison, where I'm going, will you follow?)
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Elections matter.... what would Ms. Abrams have done?


14 posted on 04/20/2020 3:06:04 PM PDT by Third Person
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To: newzjunkey

Cuomo and the other Governors in his coalition will probably stay closed until June 1st. Unless Uncle Donald bails them out, they will bankrupt their States.


15 posted on 04/20/2020 3:09:35 PM PDT by wejjr235
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To: devane617

My roots are so bad I may have to travel from SC to GA to get my hair done ASAP.


16 posted on 04/20/2020 3:21:15 PM PDT by pinkandgreenmom
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I wonder if you’re the type to not finish a course of antibiotics because you started to feel better because that’s what the rush to force states open before the virus has peaked there and wained is like. What happens when a person doesn’t finish the antibiotics? It gives the bacteria an opportunity to become resistant and makes it harder to treat causing more suffering in the long run.

You might think we should’ve been cowboy and just rode it out, millions of lives be damned, but your liberty doesn’t give you the right to infringe on the right to life of your countrymen.

Absolutely some officials have gone too far and should reap the consequences at the ballot box but Georgia was too slow to act (come on, they’d just learned about asymptotic spread!? Bull) and now is trying to open up because Kemp and his public health official appear incapable of handling this situation in a reasoned manner. Watching the people here, their unwillingness to stay the hell home or social distance, I will be quite surprised if we don’t see a rise in new cases.

Kemp was cavalier, more worried about offending rural communities with decisive action than the health of Georgians. He should follow closely the guidance laid out by Trump’s task force. It sounds like he’s showing the same poor judgment in this crisis that he showed appointing Kelly Loeffler.

As an essential worker I am not happy with Kemp’s performance or the lackadaisical non compliance of too many that lead to more Georgia deaths. I think Kemp’s ignorance could put Georgia in play in November.


17 posted on 04/20/2020 3:23:45 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Vote Giant Meteor in 2020)
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To: Truthoverpower

On behalf of ye betters in Atlanta, ye be welcome.


18 posted on 04/20/2020 3:28:53 PM PDT by wally_bert (Transmission tone, Selma.)
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To: devane617

It is a beginning and will pick up speed


19 posted on 04/20/2020 3:36:49 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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Here's why I'm concerned about Kemp's plan. We keep seeing spikes in new cases and spikes in deaths will necessarily lag those new cases. John Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center

This pattern does NOT fit the criterial Trump's laid out.


20 posted on 04/20/2020 3:52:33 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Vote Giant Meteor in 2020)
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