We are 'guinea pigs' of Kemp's 'experiment' to reopen GA amid COVID-19, Bibb sheriff says

After Gov. Brian Kemp told some business owners they could reopen Friday, one state sheriff worried about the mixed signals the public is getting from government officials.

Kemp’s measures have drawn criticism amid fears that Georgia is reopening businesses too soon — especially those that require close contact with customers.

Kemp announced that beginning Friday he would allow businesses such as massage salons, beauty parlors, barber shops, gyms and bowling alleys to reopen but still practice social distancing and other safety measures.

Bibb County Sheriff David Davis said he was concerned that Georgia is reopening too quickly.

“I guess he has his experts that he consults,” Davis told The Telegraph in a telephone interview, “and that’s his judgment. But just being out here on the street seeing it every day, I think we might have been better served to have waited just a little bit longer.

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