Whatever the reason, who cares? It is an individual decision of the business owner. Maybe, he or she has suffered huge losses so much that he or she is essentially bankrupt. Or he or she sees the volume of the business so low to make it profitable? You ascribe the reason when you do not know the reason? Unless, you personally, talked to the business owner, it could a thousand other reasons. Also, he or she could be a rabid extreme liberal who hates a Republican governor and will stick it to him by not opening his or her business? Doesn't really matter. In the greater scheme of things, businesses that are shutdown for long periods of time have very bleak chances of ever recovering.
The business owners have ascribed their reasons in articles that I have posted. Go read their own words.
Well actually it is the direct words from business owners and the organizations that represent them in Georgia.
No, you only assume things without proof or just because someone posted an article, that is must be true? You do not know the financial state of each of the businesses that you ascribe to not trusting the government in Georgia when it could a thousand other reasons. Only interested in putting your political spin and nothing else. Does not really matter because chances are good those businesses are going under permanently. Without revenues coming in, any business is kaput.
there is no economic miracle in a lock-down state. question: Where do you get accurate reliable data about a causal relationship between lockdown timing and duration vs danger from the boogieman covid?
I have provided numerous posts with scientific, historic (1918 flu & 1940/1950s polio), and public health information (with links, etc.) that discusses lockdown strategies and economic impact. COVID-19 is just a latest example of a novel pandemic on earth. Feel free to use search and go back & read the detailed information. I will note that cities that locked down properly in the 1918 flu had much faster economic recoveries.
if evidence to the contrary were provided to you on a silver platter, would you consider it? - also of interest, do you have a particular post that outlines your take on How to Re-Open America ? Thx
cuckoo for cocoa puffs https://apnews.com/8a34b6599602dbd751f2c1fcb93387fe Trump declares churches ‘essential,’ calls on them to reopen WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday labeled churches and other houses of worship as “essential” and called on governors nationwide to let them reopen this weekend even though some areas remain under coronavirus lockdown. The president threatened to “override” governors who defy him, but it was unclear what authority he has to do so. “Governors need to do the right thing and allow these very important essential places of faith to open right now — for this weekend,” Trump said at a hastily arranged press conference at the White House. Asked what authority Trump might have to supersede governors, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said she wouldn’t answer a theoretical question. Trump has been pushing for the country to reopen as he tries to reverse an economic free fall playing out months before he faces reelection. White evangelical Christians have been among the president’s most loyal supporters, and the White House has been careful to attend to their concerns throughout the crisis. Following Trump’s announcement, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidelines for communities of faith on how to safely reopen, including recommendations to limit the size of gatherings and consider holding services outdoors or in large, well-ventilated areas. Public health agencies have generally advised people to avoid gatherings of more than 10 people and encouraged Americans to remain 6 feet (1.8 meters) away from others when possible. Some parts of the country remain under some version of remain-at-home orders. In-person religious services have been vectors for transmission of the virus. A person who attended a Mother’s Day service at a church in Northern California that defied the governor’s closure orders later tested positive, exposing more than 180 churchgoers. And a choir practice at a church in Washington state was labeled by the CDC as an early “superspreading” event. But Trump on Friday stressed the importance of churches in many communities and said he was “identifying houses of worship — churches, synagogues and mosques — as essential places that provide essential services.”