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Makes me wonder if after all of this is over, will new gyms open up or will it be near impossible to do? As a bank lending money for a new gym, most banks likely decline to do it. I suppose if the gym were to have enough cash on hand they might be able to start up.
Its kinda crazy huh. Like an underground speakeasy during prohibition. Some areas of the country have the same thing going on with churches.
Miami-Dade mayor to allow gyms, fitness studios to remain open
MIAMI (WSVN) - Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez will now allow gyms to remain open in the county.
The mayor made the announcement on Twitter, Tuesday morning, reversing course from a statement he made on Monday.
“We’re all happy to comply, yes!” Salam Hachem, of She Fitness Studio, said.
Gyms were initially included in the types of businesses required to shut down in Miami-Dade beginning Wednesday.
However, Gimenez said that he came to a compromise on the matter and that people heading to the gyms will be required to wear masks the entire time they are inside the facility.
“Do I want to close the gyms? No, I didn’t want to close the gyms,” Gimenez said. “That’s why I found a compromise. It’s not about the cases that we know came from gyms or from restaurants, it’s about the fact that being able to keep the mask on in an interior space.”
The decision comes on the same day another 2,066 COVID-19 cases were reported in Miami-Dade County by the Florida Department of Health.
“We were freaked out yesterday, just because we didn’t expect that,” Gabriel Varona, of Stunna’s Fit, said. “No proof, no purpose, you know? It was like, ‘Why? Everything else is open.’ You know, Target, Home Depot, I mean, the malls are open! We understand that this is serious. Trust me, we’re all well aware, but we have to have a fighting chance to survive.”
Ballrooms, banquet facilities, party venues, short-term rentals and indoor dining rooms at restaurants will still be forced to close on Thursday.
“I just couldn’t find a way to keep restaurants open. It’s impossible,” Gimenez said.
Outdoor dining at restaurants will still be available, with no more than four people to a table. Takeout and delivery orders will still be allowed.
“I’m starting to get really concerned,” Igor Ferraro said. “This restaurant has many orders that are not meant to be takeout or delivery restaurants, you know?”
“If this continues to go on for as long as it’s gone on now and go further, our businesses will shut down permanently,” a woman said.
Gimenez said his decision came after what he called a “huge spike” in residents testing positive in mid-June, saying that is the time when gyms reopened, restrictions for restaurant operating hours were lifted and protests were occurring following the death of George Floyd.
“This contagion really took off with that young demographic, 18 to 34, 35 to 45 age group,” said the mayor. “It just shot up, and now we’re seeing the results of that.”
Meanwhile, State Rep. Shevrin Jones, D-Broward County, said he’s been fighting COVID-19 for around eight days.
“This morning I’m feeling just a tad bit better,” said Jones.
Jones said he’d like to see more changes being made statewide.
“If Broward is not following Miami-Dade County and Palm Beach is not following Broward County, all you’re going to see is individuals getting on 95 and traveling up north to go to dinner or to do other things, and so there should be a stay at home order until these numbers come back down,” he said.
Gimenez and his office are working to finalize the emergency order.
No changes are being made for Broward County as of Tuesday night.
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He was also just on tv talking about how they might not open up schools this fall.
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This will stretch on until there is either a vaccine or the state reaches herd immunity. One or the other, the way they are playing this by not wanting to take any risks.California Governor Closes Indoor Dining Statewide, and Salons, Gyms in 30 Counties as Cases Surge
Gov. Gavin Newsom closed indoor activities at restaurants and movie theaters statewide Monday, while also singling out 30 counties, including LA, Orange, San Diego and Riverside, to shut down businesses like salons and places of worship. The orders came as cases of coronavirus surged in the...
They're closing the gyms here again. So much for getting back in shape this year.
Central NY Athletic Club Files Challenge to Executive Orders That Forced Gyms to Close
An athletic club in central New York is suing the state over coronavirus-triggered mandates that forced its gyms to close.
The Aspen Athletic Club filed the lawsuit in a state court last week, arguing that Gov. Andrew Cuomo did not provide any procedural due process before issuing lockdown orders.
The athletic club operates four gyms throughout Onondaga County and employs 160 county residents, according to the lawsuit. Since mid-March and the lawsuit’s filing, the club has been forced to close the fitness facilities due to executive orders from Cuomo, who is listed as a defendant in the suit, according to the litigation.
The club is asking the court for a declaratory judgment that the executive orders violate their constitutional rights. The club is represented in the matter by James G. Mermigis of the Mermigis Law Group.
Central New York is in the final phase of the state’s reopening plan. However, gyms are not listed among the businesses allowed to reopen. The phase does allow for the reopening of higher education, “low-risk” indoor arts and entertainment and professional sports with no fans, among other activities.
As the intensity of the coronavirus crisis has waned in New York, state officials have allowed certain industries to reopen by region.
The athletic club’s lawsuit reflects growing frustration from New York businesses not yet allowed to reopen, but burdened with months of closures and a down economy.
The athletic club owes nearly $400,000 in back rent and 1,400 people have canceled their memberships, according to the lawsuit filed last week. The business cannot afford to stay closed, according to the lawsuit, which said the club can provide its service in a sanitary and socially distanced environment.
The litigation is one in a string of lawsuits over New York’s various coronavirus-induced restrictions.
The lawsuit also noted Cuomo’s comments about demonstrators who had gathered in large crowds to protest the killing of Black Americans by police. The Democrat has expressed support for the demonstrations.
“The only conclusion you draw from that is that thousands of people can march together throughout the State and there is no public health issue for marches, but someone who wants to open their gym with CDC safety guidelines is endangering the public,” the lawsuit reads.
“There is either a public health emergency or there’s not. It cannot be both,” the lawsuit says.
The litigation cites the Fourteenth Amendment and says the executive orders deprived the athletic club of the equal protection of the law.
“In short, [the athletic club] brings this lawsuit to define the limits of a State’s police power,” according to the lawsuit.
Central NY Athletic Club Files Challenge to Executive Orders That Forced Gyms to Close | New York Law Journal
The athletic club’s lawsuit reflects growing frustration from New York businesses not yet allowed to reopen, but burdened with months of closures and a down economy.
I believe I read on another forum they are trying to say herd immunity cant happen with this virus, it only lasts a few weeks.
If thats the case, then that is indeed very rare i think. Most immunities last at least a year or more. One reason we get a flu shot each year.
