Florida bars and restaurants close just a week after reopening

[mfcorey1]

Three months after the Covid-19 pandemic forced bars and restaurants to close in Florida, some businesses have shut within one week of reopening as coronavirus cases spike in the state.

At least six bars in northern and central Florida have now announced their closures amid new Covid-19 cases, which peaked on Sunday.

The state’s health department has since confirmed two consecutive days with more than 2,000 new cases, breaking records set when the pandemic began in March.

That announcement came almost one week on from Florida’s second reopening phase permitting bars, cinemas and tattoo shops to welcome customers with some restrictions, as mandated under governor Ron DeSantis’ reopening plan.

Still, increased Covid-19 transmission in Florida has forced some businesses to shut down.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/florida-bars-restaurants-close-coronavirus-spike-outbreak-a9568631.html

[brush]

1. Floriday needs to dump their stupid, trump-toady governor. Many predicted cases...

would spike from premature re-opening, which is exactly what happened.

[Blue_true]

13. The state's Agriculture Secretary advised caution from the very beginning

with SAR-COV-2. She has done a pretty decent job getting Florida's produce into new markets, Publix for example is selling plenty of packaged fresh corn and vegetables, while Walmart is selling loose corn that customers can shuck and loose vegetables that people can size to order.

The AG Secretary is the state's top democratic official. I expect her to be DeSantis' opponent in two years. I believe that she has the stuff to defeat him, especially as he is making more mis-steps.

[Quixote1818]

2. Their numbers are already close to 3,000 today.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

[uponit7771]

3. K&R, FL is only at the beginning of the ramp ! NY was 10,000 a day at peak and around 5,000 avg

[Blue_true]

14. I expect hot weather to hold down Florida's peak.

But even being at 2,000 per day now means that the peak is likely to be 5,000 or more, unless something changes.

[uponit7771]

17. Hot weather makes no difference Brazil got lit up towards the end of their summer and its hot

... in Brazil during the summer.

China shut down Beijing when they found 80 cases, we find 80 cases now down the street

[Blue_true]

18. You make a sound point. One thing that I over-looked now, but have

mentioned during the past is the impact of air conditioning. AC tends to help the virus survive and stread. Florida, Texas, Arizona, the South in general are coming into peak AC use from the rest of this month through early September.

[uponit7771]

19. This !!! Yeah, I moved from Texas last year and here the earth isn't on fire during the summer

... and people don't just cram themselves inside of 90% of the day with AC on.

Yeap, most likely its AC in all those hot states and staying inside with infected people who "got out" last month.

[progree]

21. About 95% of Brazil is in the southern hemisphere

but about 90% of it is in the tropics -- hot all year around.

https://store.mapsofindia.com/digital-maps/country-maps-1-2-3/brazil/brazil-lat-long

[malaise]

4. Can't wait for them to run that tool out of town

soon and very soon

[obamanut2012]

5. Not all of us are in Phase II

Some counties are still P1, and I see very, very high mask, etc. compliance when I go out.

[babylonsister]

6. I haven't heard this sycophantic governor say a thing

about this newest, dangerous spike. Not surprised.

[Baclava]

7. Not all, mostly big cities and all those in Miami Dade area have never really fully opened

[sweetloukillbot]

8. Same thing in Phoenix

A cluster of restaurants in the Arcadia area have closed due to infected staff. Close to a dozen and mostly within the a few miles of each other.

[progree]

9. As of a couple of days ago: 9 in Austin, and at least 8 in Phoenix closed after positive tests

3 bars/restaurants in St. Petersburg, 9 in Austin Texas, and at least 8 in Phoenix (the cities include surrounding areas)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142514576

[gratuitous]

10. And the prize in this box of crackerjack?

All that effort your community expended to get to the point of limited reopening? And you couldn't wait another minute. And it's just a night out, I deserve one! Because you couldn't restrain yourselves and follow the health department directives. The prize you've won is . . .

You've undone a lot if not all of the good you had done by isolating and observing the protocols of social distancing and wearing a mask. You thought it was unbearable watching what you're doing for eight or ten weeks. You just bought yourself another 12 weeks. At least. Yay!

[progree]

11. And we're back to this again: bar fights and shootings

Man Dies 1 Day After Septuple Shooting Outside Minneapolis Bar (several people pulling out guns and firing at each other)
https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/06/15/man-dies-1-day-after-septuple-shooting-outside-minneapolis-bar/

I've been there many times. Broadway Pub and Grill ("BroPAG" ), formerly Good Sports Bar and Grill ("GASBAG" ), formerly the 200 Club. 200 West Broadway.

Minnesota opened up bars and restaurants to patio dining/drinking only on June 1. Then on June 10 they opened up for indoor dining/drinking with capacity limitations and reservations required.

In Minneapolis, face masks must be worn indoors, including bars and restaurants, but I haven't checked if that's being enforced.

[Awsi Dooger]

12. Floridians have been morons throughout

Incredibly dismissive. I had to complain to UPS Store about a month ago because none of their customer service employees were wearing masks. It was unbelievable. They expected you to walk right up and be greeted by a simpleton right wing woman without mask or gloves. I walked right out of there and called UPS immediately.

That is merely one anecdote. Aldi has probably been the worst offender I've seen. They have small stores to begin with and it's like they are prioritizing social congestion. Only one cashier open and the line extending 35 yards straight back to the end of the store. Finally they opened a second cashier. Then a third. But the single 35 yard checkout line persisted. Maybe one person -- me -- was honoring 6 feet separation.

Now the senior food programs are wrapping up on July 15th as if this thing will be long gone by then.

The only good news is that I have spoken to two neighbors who are normally swing voters. One lady concedes she voted for Trump last time. But now both of them are firmly for Biden. In fact, the 50ish lady who voted for Trump last time told me yesterday that she can't wait for commercials to show up with Trump calling coronavirus a hoax and that the 15 cases would magically drop to zero. She was grinning and said, "We'll see in November."

[JPK]

15. Three bars in Jacksonville close

Three bars at Jacksonville Beach were just closed due to an outbreak of covid traced back to them. Hundreds have been exposed. The beach will no doubt be crawling with MAGA's at the bars not wearing masks for the convention.

[progree]

16. Woman and 15 friends all test positive for coronavirus after night out at Jacksonville Bar

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213604614

... The one thing they all had in common: a night out at Lynch's Irish Pub on June 6 in Jacksonville Beach ((10 days ago. That's quite a haul for one night for one bar ... and these are a woman and her friends, so they probably aren't the only ones -Progree)).

... Lynch’s learned some of its customers had tested positive for coronavirus after visiting the pub and the general manager opted to shut down voluntarily over the weekend for a deep cleaning.

[uponit7771]

20. WOW !!!

[mentalsolstice]

22. I live in a "rural county" in NWFL, however, we get 4 million visitors per year.

Mostly from other southern states. We’ve been to the beach once in May, just a mile away from our house. Otherwise, we enjoy the sea breezes from our yard. I have a haircut appointment on Friday, which will mark my first big outing since all of this started.

Thankfully, all of my problems are first world problems, and I try to keep that in mind whenever I start to get anxious. However, it’s not easy given our craptastic governor and the POS squatting in the WH.

[Demovictory9]

23. sad - they order food supplies that will go to waste