BREAKING: Kemp to lift statewide shelter-in-place for most Georgians on Friday

[RandySF]

Gov. Brian Kemp will lift a statewide shelter-in-place order for most of Georgia’s 10.6 million residents starting Friday as he continues to roll back coronavirus restrictions, though he urges Georgians to stay at home when possible to contain the pandemic.

The governor’s new order also extended restrictions on many Georgia businesses that have remained open through the pandemic, as he issued guidelines Thursday calling for shops to adhere to “strict social distancing and sanitation rules” that run through May 13.

The state will require elderly and “medically fragile” residents to shelter in place through June 12, and Kemp renewed restrictions that require nursing homes and long-term care facilities to take aggressive steps to curb the virus until that date.

But Kemp told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Thursday that it was time to lift other measures to help revive Georgia’s tattered economy, stressing that a ramp-up in testing and increased hospital capacity that helped influence his decision.




https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/breaking-kemp-lift-statewide-shelter-place-for-most-georgians-friday/JdXpKK1srCbzlPZc2y3XuJ/

[kimbutgar]

1. This is the test Petri dish state and they're hoping to make it a permanent repuke one.

I hope it blows up in Kemp’s face and destroys whatever creditability he has left.