Posted on 04/22/2020 11:12:15 PM PDT by knighthawk
Oklahoma is set to become the latest state to reopen some businesses on Friday amid the coronavirus pandemic after Gov. Kevin Stitt announced that hair salons, spas, nail salons and pet groomers can open their doors.
Stitt’s announcement, in which he said that the shops will be open by appointment only and will have to maintain social distancing and “strict sanitation protocols,” comes as a number of states have moved to reopen their economies as the country continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic that has sickened more than 839,000 people and killed almost 40,000.
“We rolled out a three-phased reopening plan," Stitt said during an interview Wednesday afternoon on Fox News’ "Your World with Neil Cavuto." "A very measured reopening plan. Because the intent of my 15 executive orders was to flatten the curve and build capacity in our hospitals. And you’re seeing that.”
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Most of the virus smart guys are saying it’s too early. Trump’s presser today was a huge turn of the steering wheel.
The same ‘smart guys’ that told us of the 2 million deaths?
The same smart guys who are working with a novel unknown. We know very little about this virus. Anything that happened a hour ago is old business in this enrironment. I’m not going to fault someone who was dealing with the best info they had and tried to save lives. They may have been right.
Most of the economics smart guys are saying it’s almost too late. The health effects from this financial devastation could be worse than CV. Gotta look at both sides of the ledger before making a decision. I don’t have the answer, but just looking at CV deaths is not enough.
Since I live there, I’ll update as things develop.
I’m actually quite pleased with Gov. Stitt’s handling of the matter. He resisted immense pressure from our local leftists to institute a statewide lockdown, opting instead for his “Safer At Home” order that applied only to those deemed “most vulnerable”. And he stuck to it.
If anything, I’d rather he move a little faster on re-opening more businesses. They can’t survive another 1-3 months — possibly not even another 1-3 weeks — of being shut down.
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