Gov. Brian Kemp has cited improved forecasts for Georgia, along with expanded capacity to care for COVID-19 patients in the state’s hospitals, as his reason for reopening. But other experts fear he has moved too quickly. WebMD_BrendaG reports:
And some restaurants say they are ready to welcome people back inside. Waffle House reopened its Georgia locations to in-house dining Monday morning, with to-go bags covering barstools to limit the number of people who could sit at counters. It was unclear if anyone would take them up on the offer. By mid-morning, there were no guests in at least one metro Atlanta location.
But he knows that people will feel cautious about coming back. “You can’t eat with a mask on,” he says.“We’re going to tell the guests, we’re not going to come as often as you did before this,” he says.He is limiting his menu so he won’t need as many prep stations in the kitchen. That way, his back-of-house staff can be appropriately spread out. Everyone will wear masks.
Other businesses tried to reopen but found their customers weren’t ready to come back. Bad Axe Throwing tried to entice customers to come into its entertainment venue for “quarantine anger and stress relief,” but only had two customers all weekend. “The reopening this weekend was a disaster,” Mario Zelaya, president and CEO, told“Bars, bowling alleys, movie theatres, axe throwing, and any other entertainment concepts are going to have the most difficult time reaching normalcy after the closures.
“Our normal supplier that we go through, they’re completely out of gloves, completely out of masks, out of the alcohol that we usually purchase, and they don’t have a date when those will be available,” she says. She says they have a litany of questions that they can’t get answered. They aren’t sure, for example, what will happen to their staff’s unemployment checks if they reopen. They’ve waited on hold for hours trying to talk to someone at the Georgia Department of Labor.If they reopen, they’ll have to maintain social distancing, which will limit the number of clients they can see.
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