FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing protective coverings speaks on the phone, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease , in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., May 6, 2020. REUTERS/Emily Elconin
In the face of record unemployment, states have been under pressure to relax restrictions. But the push to reopen has many health experts concerned about a potential spike in cases, and polling shows a majority of Americans also concerned. In announcing plans last week to reopen manufacturing in Michigan, Governor Gretchen Whitmer extended a stay-at-home order requiring residents to remain mostly indoors, except for outings like grocery shopping, doctor visits and limited recreation.
Several weeks of widespread business shutdowns as part of unprecedented social-distancing measures have dealt a catastrophic blow to the U.S. economy, casting Americans out of work in numbers unseen since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Trump and officials from his administration scheduled a 4 p.m. news briefing on Monday to discuss testing.More than two-thirds of respondents to a Pew Research Center survey released on Thursday said that they were more worried their state would reopen too quickly than that they would move too slowly - a percentage roughly unchanged over the past month.
Car sales will be low regardless.
Can’t imagine buying a car anytime soon
That’s all fine and dandy; too bad Tesla is being stymied but some bozo in AlamedaCounty