WHY OPEN NOW?

Published: Jan. 30, 2021, 6:30 p.m.

b'#Covid19 cases are at record highs, reaching levels we\\u2019ve never seen before. Draconian public health measures, including mask mandates, remote learning, and the ordering of America\\u2019s businesses closed ravaged the middle class, Governors and State Leaders have made the decision to open at the peak of the biggest spike in active cases we\\u2019ve seen yet. Why now? What is driving this decision that appears to defy logic? Could the stage be set for a scripted \\u2018ramping down\\u2019 of the pandemic?'