Rebecca Hardin is tired of stay-at-home restrictions that weeks ago shut down the Atlanta hair salon where she works, but she wondered if an order by the state's governor allowing some businesses to reopen this week was a little premature.
ATLANTA - Rebecca Hardin is tired of stay-at-home restrictions that weeks ago shut down the Atlanta hair salon where she works, but she wondered if an order by the state’s governor allowing some businesses to reopen this week was a little premature.
“I want to get back to work, but I’m worried it’s too soon,” she said. “Friday seems awfully early when we’re facing a deadly disease that has no cure or vaccine.” Several restaurant owners have told Reuters that they would not reopen Monday, even if it means losing money to competition. Kemp was among one of the last governors in the United States to impose the “stay-at-home” and social-distancing orders that eventually covered about 94% of the U.S. population.
The state has relatively low case numbers and its per-capita death rate from coronavirus - six per 100,000 - is below the national average. Even so, Georgia on Monday reported 1,242 new infections over the prior 24 hours, the highest single-day tally in two weeks, while 94 people died, double the state’s previous daily record.Steve Tumlin, mayor of the Atlanta suburb of Marietta, said he planned to hit the gym and get a haircut on Friday.
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