By the end of the week, residents in Georgia will be able to get their hair permed and nails done. By Monday, they will be cleared for action flicks at the cineplex and burgers at their favorite greasy spoon.
And it will almost certainly lead to more novel coronavirus infections and deaths.
As several states — including South Carolina, Tennessee and Florida — rush to reopen businesses, the sudden relaxation of restrictions will supply new targets for the coronavirus that has kept the United States largely closed down, according to experts, math models and the basic rules that govern infectious diseases.
These did not age well:
“There’s a young racist in Atlanta … She ended up having an affair with the head of a gang or a gang member. This is a person who wants to indict me. She’s got a lot of problems.”
Closing America was hard. But it came with one simple instruction: Everyone stay at home.
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