As the number of people who are getting vaccinated are rising and the number of people who are getting infected by COVID are going down, more and more businesses and venues are opening up to citizens and their communities. Many places such as restaurants and movie theatres are opening back up to full capacity. Many people claim that it’s time to open, full circle. But do they know their facts well enough to go through with these new plans? Are they well-educated enough to know the risks that they would potentially be taking?
According to the New York Times, the state of Arkansas has fully reopened along with several other states. In total, there are only three states that do not have any plans of reopening fully any time soon. Hawaii, New York, and New Jersey are among those states that currently do not have any plans to reopen. Something that is very puzzling is that Hawaii and New York usually tend to bring in the most money, in terms of economics mainly because of both states being considered as tourist states. According to “Travel Weekly”, the number of tourists in 2020 were the lowest numbers in nearly half a century in the state of Hawaii. The reason for this is because less and less people were traveling that year because as places started to reopen, people were very hesitant about traveling.
Do you think it is right for places and venues to reopen? Do you think it is time that we get the economy back on its feet?
I believe and agree that is great to re-open the economy. If covid cases are down and vaccination rates are going up I see no reason not to. Hopefully with summer also coming around travel and tourism will also rise. I've even heard that 2021 will be the "summer of road trips." Despite this being good news we also need to understand the tourism economy might not bounce back as quickly as people are hoping for. States make individual choices that they believe are best for their people so we will just have to wait and see if the decision to stay closed was right or not. -brooke :)
ReplyDeleteI definitely think that it is beneficial and important to open back up the economy, especially considering that our nation is in much better shape than it was before and the fact that we would have to open up again at some point anyway. However, I also think that it should be determined individually by states whether they are prepared to open things back up or not. For example, Arkansas may be much more prepared to reopen than New York, which was hit harder than most other states in the country. -Kirstyn
ReplyDeleteI definitely think that it is beneficial and important to open back up the economy, especially considering that our nation is in much better shape than it was before and the fact that we would have to open up again at some point anyway. However, I also think that it should be determined individually by states whether they are prepared to open things back up or not. For example, Arkansas may be much more prepared to reopen than New York, which was hit harder than most other states in the country. -Kirstyn
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