GREELEY, April 26 — Royal Rose is reopening her Colorado tattoo studio next week after closing a month ago, not because she wants to but because the bills are piling up and she says she has no choice. “I would stay home if the government encouraged that, but they’re not, they’re saying...
Johanna Ramirez works in her grocery store in Fort Lupton, Colorado April 23, 2020. — Reuters pic
“I feel like we are like test dummies that they’re learning off of,” said Mary Ramirez, a Greeley hair salon owner who will not be reopening next week as she believes, like Rose, there is insufficient safety guidance and planning. An influential University of Washington model often used by the White House for COVID-19 projections says the earliest Colorado should reopen is May 25-31, and only then if it has sufficient capacity to test for the virus and contain future outbreaks. It says Colorado already has the second highest death rate in the West after Washington state.
Loosening the restrictions does not mean the local economy will roar back to life or people will follow new guidance, which includes wearing masks, some residents say. Epidemiologist Lee Newman said “in an ideal world” Coloradans would continue to stay home, but many can no longer afford food or medicine unless they return to work.
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