As Georgia’s statewide shelter-in-place order is lifted Friday, Gov. Brian Kemp is standing by his decision to do so. He argued in an interview with WABE that maintaining the lockdown for several more months would not be effective.
“I mean, people are not going to do that, No. 1. No. 2, many people are going to lose their home, or the dwelling that they’re renting, and they won’t have anywhere to shelter in place,” he said. “So for all those people that are saying all those things, they’re also not dealing with the reality of what working Georgians are having to deal with.”
Kemp said that people have been moving around in some capacity during the shelter-in-place regardless.
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