Mayor of Albany, Ga. on Gov. Kemp’s Reopening Some Businesses: ‘Wrong Decision’

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DOROUGH: "Well, let me first say that I understand the governor had a difficult decision to make. I do, however, think he made the wrong decision. And on three levels. As a citizen, we need to understand that reopening the economy should be guided by benchmarks and not dates. That reopening the economy should be a gradual and controlled process. And that’s not what we’re seeing here. For instance, barber shops, beauty shops, nail salons, there is no way to maintain social distancing in these places. And in Georgia we have a serious problem in our nursing homes. It appears that a third of our deaths are in nursing homes. I have a problem as a Georgian because I believe that the deceleration of infection is attributable to the shelter-in-place ordinance order that the governor entered earlier this month. And thirdly, as an elected official, I’m very concerned that the governor has prohibited us from implementing measures which might be appropriate to our locale."