'What we are essentially saying in Georgia is, 'go bowling and we'll have a [hospital] bed waiting on you,'' Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said.
She said her concerns are shared by Randall Woodfin, the mayor of Birmingham, Alabama—where Gov. Kay Ivey is set to relax measures soon.
She added:"People are ready to go about their day-to-day business, but for each day that we take five steps back, it's gonna send us back even further.Paras Griffin/Getty Images "That's not a partisan conversation, that's not a racial conversation, those are facts," Bottoms said. A simple cloth face covering can help slow the spread of the virus by those infected and by those who do not exhibit symptoms.Cloth face coverings should be washed regularly. A washing machine will suffice.
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