With Washington silent, states are torn between saving bars and stopping coronavirus
With America struggling to get the coronavirus under control and Washington deadlocked over new relief measures, states face a difficult choice: open the businesses most likely to spread the coronavirus, especially bars and restaurants, or keep them closed and risk a wave of bankruptcies.
"I'd love for everything to be open, but I think we can all agree sending our kids to school is more fundamental to our society functioning than bars," said Malia Jones, an epidemiologist at the University of Wisconsin."There should be a stimulus package for businesses that are suffering. Some of them are going to be closed for a long time, I think.
In a campaign visit to Pennsylvania last week, Trump called restrictions on restaurants a"disgrace" and baselessly linked them to a conspiracy to hurt his re-election campaign, even as guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention caution that indoor dining presents risks and as Birx praised the state's cautious approach to reopening this month.
It doesn't have to be that way. Economists, trade groups and many lawmakers in both parties argue that Congress and the White House need to send a big infusion of aid directly to businesses and institutions that are the hardest to safely reopen in order to prevent permanent economic damage. Trade groups for bars and restaurants are calling for aid to help cope with losses related to pandemic regulations. John Bodnovitch, executive director of American Beverage Licensees, an industry trade group, said bars face pressure not only from diminished business but also from shifting government mandates in response to new outbreaks, which make it hard to make decisions about hiring and inventory.
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