By Kelley Sussman
Executive Opinion Editor
Governor Gavin Newsom lifted the California stay-at-home order on Jan. 25, allowing establishments such as beauty salons and outdoor dining to reopen. For the last several weeks, all of California’s businesses and restaurants temporarily closed down, a curfew had been put into place and outdoor dining shut down.
According to Daily News, the number of available ICU beds for COVID-19 patients has increased and case numbers have been dropping. According to imf.org (International Monetary Fund), the global economy is projected to grow by 5.8 percent in 2021, as economic activity normalizes. Allowing California to open up was the right decision, as it will help grow the economy.
Ever since the beginning of the pandemic, the amount of cases have grown exponentially, especially in California, according to Fox News.
However, just recently, case numbers have gone down and ICU beds have opened up, which allows for things to slowly return back to normal. Because of this, it is necessary that California reopens. In the next several months, the COVID-19 vaccine will start to be available to the public, which will finally begin the end to this pandemic, according to the New York Times. As the rest of the country starts to open up, California needs to as well, so lifting this stay-at-home order is proven beneficial for the state.
In the next several months, the vaccine will become available to the public, which will help ensure the number of COVID-19 cases goes down, according to Fox News. As the rest of the country begins to open up, California needs to as well, because lifting this stay-at-home order is beneficial for the state of California.
Local businesses suffered immensely due to the pandemic. Opening up the state also aids the economy because as more businesses open, more money flows in. Since it is safe to open up the state of California, it will only help businesses succeed and thrive, according to ABC News.
Lifting the stay-at-home order opens up many opportunities for life to return to normal again. Although a stay-at-home order was definitely necessary to slow the spread, it is time to reopen and get people back into a routine. Social distancing as well as wearing face coverings are orders that are still completely necessary, but it is important that California reopens restaurants and businesses.
Although 55 percent of people believed the stay-at-home order in March of 2020 occurred too early, it proved to be a beneficial and necessary decision, according to phys.org. The COVID-19 case numbers were surging, and restrictions needed to be put into place in order for those numbers to go down.
Overall, lifting the stay-at-home order in California has many advantages. Until proven otherwise, it was certainly time for businesses and restaurants to have the opportunity to open back up. Because of the decreasing infection rate of COVID-19 leading to more available ICU beds for infected people, repealing the restrictions placed in California was the right decision as it proves to be beneficial for L.A. County in numerous ways, according to the New York Times.
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