Paving way for U.S. auto industry, Michigan factories to end coronavirus lockdown

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Factories in Michigan can resume production on Monday, enabling North American automakers to bring thousands of idled employees in the state back to work more than six weeks after locking down to help control the spread of the coronavirus.

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.

 

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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

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