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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,111 posts)
Sat May 9, 2020, 07:56 PM May 2020

60,000 people headed to Georgia after it allowed some businesses to open

and it led to the exact scenario researchers warned could make matters worse

As Georgia began to re-open non-essential businesses like movie theaters and hair salons, tens of thousands of people from neighboring states poured in, potentially risking a further spread of the coronavirus just as researchers had warned.

According to research by University of Maryland scientists, 62,441 out of state visitors poured into Georgia after April 24 when many businesses re-opened. The biggest proportion of those visitors, 17%, came from Florida, which has been the most cautious in allowing businesses to re-open.

The uptick in travel — 13% over the average from previous weeks —is worrying, and yet totally unsurprising, to scientists studying the outbreak.

"It's exactly the kind of effect we've been worried about," Maegan Fitzpatrick, who studies infectious diseases at the University, told the Washington Post. "This is not an unpredictable outcome with businesses opening in one location and people going to seek services there."

https://news.yahoo.com/60-000-people-headed-georgia-143132026.html
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60,000 people headed to Georgia after it allowed some businesses to open (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2020 OP
Get in the car bitch we're driving to Georgia to eat at Denny's! Shermann May 2020 #1
They have barriers from Florida to Georgia where they stop you jimfields33 May 2020 #4
death toll rising... sheshe2 May 2020 #2
For other states that take it back with them jimfields33 May 2020 #5
Wouldn't Florida have the most cases then? MichMan May 2020 #8
Actually you make some sense here. jimfields33 May 2020 #9
Reminds me of beer joints and fireworks stands on the border..... KY_EnviroGuy May 2020 #3
I have to admit forthemiddle May 2020 #6
"The biggest proportion of those visitors, 17%, came from Florida, choie May 2020 #7

jimfields33

(15,473 posts)
4. They have barriers from Florida to Georgia where they stop you
Sat May 9, 2020, 08:14 PM
May 2020

You have to fill out a 3 page document, get a temperature and some other stuff. I heard 95 was backed up for miles. I’m sure most gave up. Who’d want to go through that.

jimfields33

(15,473 posts)
5. For other states that take it back with them
Sat May 9, 2020, 08:17 PM
May 2020

That why New York was a mess and Florida dodged the bullet. New Yorkers all went to spring break in Florida and took it back with them. Floridians don’t do spring break in Florida. They don’t go to Disney much either.

MichMan

(11,790 posts)
8. Wouldn't Florida have the most cases then?
Sun May 10, 2020, 07:27 AM
May 2020

Much more likely that New Yorkers helped spread infection to the rest of the country

jimfields33

(15,473 posts)
9. Actually you make some sense here.
Sun May 10, 2020, 07:31 AM
May 2020

I give up on trying to figure out the virus spread. I don’t think there’s any way of figuring it out. Some states seem ok and some are ravaged by it. I guess that’s why it’s such a frustrating virus.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,483 posts)
3. Reminds me of beer joints and fireworks stands on the border.....
Sat May 9, 2020, 08:08 PM
May 2020

although in this case, what they'll be taking home is free and longer lasting........

forthemiddle

(1,373 posts)
6. I have to admit
Sat May 9, 2020, 08:22 PM
May 2020

My husband and I were teasing about taking an 8 hour road trip to Missouri to visit some breweries that were opening.

I can’t wait to sit outside on a patio with a nice craft brew!

choie

(4,102 posts)
7. "The biggest proportion of those visitors, 17%, came from Florida,
Sat May 9, 2020, 09:55 PM
May 2020

which has been the most cautious in allowing businesses to re-open." Huh?

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