Governor Kay Ivey’s new public health order is now in effect until May 15.
While barbershops, restaurants, worship services, salons and gyms remain closed, many other Alabamians got to taste freedom at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Among them were people on the state’s beautiful Gulf Coast.
The beaches are open. Ivey’s new public health order opened up Alabama’s beaches. This will be a big boost to those local economies and just plain refreshing for anyone able to enjoy them.
It took no time for people to make their way out onto the sand.
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President Donald Trump, at a White House briefing last week, said he believes sunlight and humidity kill the virus. Bill Bryan, head of science and technology at the Department of Homeland Security, said, “Coronavirus dies at a much more rapid pace when exposed to sunlight and humidity. The virus dies the quickest in direct sunlight. Isopropyl alcohol will kill the virus in 30 seconds.”
Other government tests have similarly discovered disinfectant qualities in UV rays against coronavirus.
More businesses ready? Officials from Mobile, Heflin and Autauga and Elmore Counties have, in recent days, vocalized their desire to see a wider reopening. Add elected officials from Montgomery County and Henry County to that list.
Henry County Commission Chairman David Money posted on Thursday that excluded businesses in his area have made the necessary preparations to open.
Thank you for sharing. Small Henry Co restaurants,barber/beauty shops, etc were prepped to follow guidelines to the fullest but were denied…while citizens by the dozens went in & out of Lowe’s and Target with little or no restrictions. Makes no sense. https://t.co/P0LCxehi2S
— David Money (@DavidMoney72) May 1, 2020
Montgomery County Commissioner Ronda Walker took to social media to report on the thoughts of business owners she has met and outline her case for a wider reopening.
Walker emphasizes, “Public health and our economy are inextricably linked. We cannot pick one at the expense of the other. We must balance the two.”
Tim Howe is an owner of Yellowhammer Multimedia
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