Sanjay Gupta on Reopening Georgia: It’s Clear That We Are Not Ready

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GUPTA: “No. Chris, and I don’t want to equivocate or waffle on this. I mean, we closed late. We might be opening early and they’re both problems. I mean, we are clear that the virus is still out there. We are clear that we are not ready. It is clear what the guidelines are and that we haven’t met them, and it’s also clear that a lot of people, Chris, are frightened about this. They’re frightened to go out. So you open up businesses but people are not likely to go. Is that doorknob safe, did that person get tested, has this person been sterilized, what about the ventilation, all the questions coming up because they’re understandably worried. People are worried that, look, even if I stay healthy, what if I take it and get somebody else sick. I would feel awful about that. I would feel terrible if that happened. That’s the sort of decisions being forced right now in the state. I find it hard to be charitable about this. I understand the governor has pressure on him from small businesses, although who’s going to be going to these small businesses. This is a proposition where you’re starting to run into almost all risk and almost no reward. It’s a bad idea. Every public health official in the country has said so. Ambassador birx, she is very polite, she said we put out guidelines, trying to put out the clearest data possible. There are outbreaks happening. I don’t know how you can cut somebody’s hair and physically distance.”