Of the more than 3,100 total reported deaths in the state, nearly half are African American, despite making up 32 percent of the population.Īnd Atlanta and its suburbs are at the epicenter. Since Kemp re-opened Georgia businesses in late April, daily cases have been on the rise, at more than 3,000 people testing positive per day. And it’s urban areas and places with large communities of color, like Atlanta, that face the toughest consequences. Kemp and other Republican governors who pushed most aggressively to reopen communities and restart economic activity are now presiding over sharp upticks in coronavirus infections and rapidly filling hospitals. “This is the same governor who didn’t know until well into the pandemic that it could be spread by asymptomatic transmission. In an interview on the “Today Show,” Friday, Bottoms said she didn’t think it was happenstance that Kemp’s lawsuit “came the day after Donald Trump visited Atlanta,” pointing out that the president did not wear a mask at the airport. expert on infectious disease, in a USA Today op-ed, writing that the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has been “wrong about everything I have interacted with him on.”
On Tuesday, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro attacked Dr. The rhetoric plays well with Republicans’ predominantly white political base, which have been skeptical of public health advice, a distrust fanned from within the White House. The move, he said, “is on behalf of the Atlanta business owners and their hardworking employees who are struggling to survive during these difficult times.” That echoes arguments made by President Donald Trump and fellow GOP governors, who complained the country’s response has overreacted in its lockdowns and restrictions as it seeks to contain the virus, and that the economic and personal damage of lockdowns should be weighed more heavily. Kemp is suing Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms over its face mask mandate. Brian Kemp returns to his office after giving a coronavirus briefing at the Georgia state capitol on Friday in Atlanta.
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