States all over the nations are allowing businesses to re-open. Some of the reasons out there are that the numbers are too small, the economy is more important, the numbers are fake or the models were wrong.
The problem with that is, you can’t wish the virus to go away. You can’t will people into not feeling sick. As long as the virus is very real, which it is, people are still going to use their better judgement.
Think back to early March before California’s stay at home order. I remember walking through downtown Riverside to get my coffee. The coffee shops, restaurants were empty. Some of the mom and pop shops were already limiting their hours, some closed their doors completely.
Lifting the stay-at-home orders, are not going to force people to leave their home. Those who understand the seriousness of this issue are still going to stay at home. Paychecks are not going to come back. Employment levels will not rise back up. Those re-opened businesses aren’t going to have enough customers to keep all staff employed.
There will be new problems. The once safe, essential, stores will no longer be safe. The cloth masks will no longer be enough, people will have to go out and find N95 masks. Making it more difficult for health workers to get them.
This re-opening is going to be an artificial one. Purely to give the appearance that there has been improvement. Just like the faith healers who claim to cure blindness and cancer, pretending that the problem is solved, does nothing for the ill.