Mississippi's governor deems malls, restaurants and other businesses essential, while some mayors close them.
But in Mississippi — where the pandemic has infected 579 people and killed eight — Gov. Tate Reeves, a Republican, has refused to close businesses in the state of nearly 3 million, let alone order residents to stay home, as the Democratic governors in Louisiana and New York did last week.“It’s very popular nationally to talk about these shelter-in-place orders,” Reeves said in an interview Friday.
In a Facebook livestream Thursday, several Mississippians condemned Reeves’ refusal to close businesses and order residents to stay home. Some started a campaign on Twitter, #ShutDownMississippi. “New Orleans is a 45-minute drive from here and it is predicted to be the next epicenter,” warned John Thomas of Biloxi.“Mandate a stay-at-home policy. Our coastal counties are being flooded with out-of-state residents that have a home over here,” said Pam Scott of Bay St. Louis, who works in a coastal casino. “Stand up and take the action that your people are asking you to do. You’re gambling with Mississippians’ lives.
About 30% of his colleagues are still coming to work, he said. When his gym closed because of COVID-19, he joined another that stayed open. Marc Scott, 57, an anesthesia technician who came to pay a bill at Zales, said he appreciated the governor’s concern for the economy. Ethan Williams and Jackson Wood, both 24, have lunch at the Renaissance at Colony Park mall in Ridgeland, Miss.Chokwe Antar Lumumba
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