Georgia's GOP Governor Brian Kemp, subscribing to Vice President Pence's "the cure isn't worse than the disease" credo, plans to reopen the state's economy on Friday which would see gyms, salons, movie theaters and bowling alleys reopen.
I miss bowling and bowled as long as I could until it became untenable. If I lived in Georgia I would be sorely tempted to go bowling. And there are the bowling alley proprietors to consider. I don't know how many of them have been able to obtain small business relief loans from the federal government. Those that haven't are in a very tenuous situation and if they don't reopen now they might never reopen.
But to reopen Georgia's bowling alleys will leave people in the gutter. Of the nearly 20,000 COVID-19 cases in Georgia more than 1,200 have been diagnosed within the past 24 hours. As of this writing, 775 Georgians have succumbed to COVID-19. By reopening businesses prematurely there's a very good chance the number of cases will skyrocket as will the number of deaths. It does not fill me with confidence when Governor Kemp revealed earlier this month that he did not know COVID-19 could be spared by people who are asymptomatic and saw fit to reopen the state's beaches.
Given Governor Kemp's lack of prudence perhaps Georgians will proceed with caution. But more likely than not his order will results in more Georgians being afflicted with COVID-19 and more Georgians dying of it. There is nothing pro-life about Governor Kemp.
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