国际英语资讯:Spotlight: U.S. COVID-19 deaths top 50,000, debates heating up over reopening economy_时事

国际英语资讯:Spotlight: U.S. COVID-19 deaths top 50,000, debates heating up over reopening economy

Some beaches and parks in Florida reopened last weekend. In Jacksonville, for example, they were open from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Social distancing there is required, and groups can not exceed 49 people.

In South Carolina, stores selling furniture, clothing, sporting goods, books and flowers, among others, as well as department stores and flea markets were allowed to reopen at 5 p.m. on April 20 at no more than 20 percent capacity and with social distancing.

The moves have been met with skepticism as health experts have warned that reopening the economy too soon could risk setting off another wave of infections.

"Stay home. Nothing has changed," Atlanta Mayor Keisha Bottoms told cnn Friday morning, describing her advice to residents of the city. "People are still getting infected. People are still dying."

U.S. President Donald Trump, who has encouraged states to open back up for business, on Friday tweeted that he never gave Georgia's governor an "OK" to reopen businesses outside of federal coronavirus guidelines, saying that instead he told the governor to "do what is right" for the people of Georgia.

A CBS News poll published Thursday said that 70 percent of respondents believed the country's top priority should be trying to "slow the spread of coronavirus by keeping people home and social distancing, even if the economy is hurt in the short term."

Only 30 percent thought the top national priority should instead be trying to "get the economy going by sending people back to work, even if it means more people might be exposed to coronavirus," according to the survey.