Do you agree America should reopen for business?

Seems highly premature to me.
On Thursday, 4591 people died over a 24 hour period in the US.
Why the rush to reopen?
Every Country is hurting but are not ready to take the monumental risk of spreading the disease which is still very active in many places.
Australia has virtually shut down, most businesses are going to be badly affected, many may close for good.
But we can see that a premature resumption could be catastrophic.
I sincerely hope that this desire to reopen does not open the Virus Pandora's Box and lead to a further surge of infections and death.
Stay safe everyone.

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BiasForAction · M

So much of our economy in america has not closed and cannot close because people need stuff. As for "reopening", more important than stay at home orders are the desires of the citizenry. Will customers flock to stores that have been closed recently? lets give it a shot and find out.

Gusman · 61-69, M

@BiasForAction What chance of stampedes at newly opened stores.
What chance of social distancing rules being completely thrown out with the bath water.
I can see a catastrophe emerging but if the US citizens think they are ready, then it is their choice

BiasForAction · M

@Gusman I see catastrophe when 25% of Americans don't have jobs, and this number is going up every week. There is quite a toll on morbidity and mortality when people are jobless.