Texas back in business? Barely, y'all, as malls, restaurants empty

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The Domain mall in Austin, Texas, is open for business - unlike most of its 100 upscale shops - as the state entered its first work week of eased pandemic restrictions in the hopes of rekindling the economy.

A dozen or so people were strolling about the sprawling open-air shopping center Monday afternoon, with three seated on the patio of a Tex-Mex restaurant. Only one shopper wore a mask, and the loudest noises were from songbirds perched in the live oak trees along the deserted pedestrian thoroughfares.

Texas, Georgia and other southern states are leading the way in letting stay at home orders expire and gradually allowing people go about their business. But the early days of the opening in Texas show that many residents might want to stay home anyway. On Monday, Texas reported that it had 884 deaths from COVID-19 and 32,332 cases total, though it has among the lowest per capita testing rate of any state.With temperatures in the 90s, Texans flocked to parks, beaches and rivers over the weekend. Beachgoers packed the shore in the resort town of Galveston, though police said most people seemed to be practicing social distancing.

Christy Armstrong, who works for a food distribution company, made the rounds with her restaurant clients across the Houston area on Monday. During a stop at Arnaldo Richards’ Picos Mexican restaurant in central Houston, she saw a handful of customers sitting at a bar, separated from one another by Plexiglas barriers.

 

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Gonna cost more money to keep the store open when no one is buying anything than it would have been to wait until the numbers went down.

This just goes to show you that the there’s a certain type of person that shows up at these “open everything now” rallies. And if you can’t figure it uut, it ain’t the smart ones!

Is that lady carrying a LV shopping bag ?! Wow .. I think the mall made its money for today

If people don’t wear masks, I’m not going into a mall

The lede in this story looks at a mall in Austin, where most folks are educated and believe in science. The virus is out there, can be lethal (nearly 60 dead from 2,000 local cases), and Austinites, for the most part, are aware.

No business AND they can start rent payments.

Why are the democrats not giving more attention to the antibody tests created by Roche and Abbott? Roche will be able to produce 100mil antibody tests per month by the end of 2020. Currently producing over 50mil tests per month. Tests have close to 100% accuracy, FDA approved.

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