The easing of coronavirus restrictions in some US states comes despite the fact that few of them satisfy the White House guidelines of declining infections for 14 straight days before opening is contemplated | Analysis by stcollinson
May 1 brings an easing of stay-at-home orders as around half the states in the union move toward a resumption of everyday life, or what will pass for it in the immediate future, in the next few days.A bewildering patchwork of openings and new distancing rules for restaurants, business offices, churches, dental practices and even gyms in some places will allow daily commerce to resume -- whether workers and customers are ready or not.
Golfers will soon be teeing off again in Dallas.As states open, governors, mayors and community leaders will be accountable for the life-and-death decisions involved with a vicious virus with no proven cures and vaccines still at large.In many ways, that's how the US system of government -- and embedded suspicion of federal authority -- says it should be.But the big unknown is how the public, which polls show is still deeply wary of getting back outside, will respond.
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