America begins to reopen but businesses and customers in no rush to get back
Posted on AllSides May 6th, 2020
From The Left
They were not exactly rushing to embrace their new-found freedom in Liberty, Missouri.
Even as the state endured its largest increase in coronavirus cases on Monday, Missouri’s Republican governor, Mike Parson, decided to press ahead with his plan to allow businesses to reopen and to lift restrictions on social gatherings imposed as the pandemic crept closer six weeks ago.
But for all the fury of gun-toting protests against lockdowns and stay-at-home orders in some parts of America, only a smattering of Liberty’s shops and restaurants opened their doors.
While many...