{"id":3508,"date":"2020-07-07T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=3508"},"modified":"2020-07-07T21:43:51","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T04:43:51","slug":"county-supervisor-jim-desmond-criticizes-blanket-bans-on-businesses-that-have-operated-safely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=3508","title":{"rendered":"County Supervisor Jim Desmond Criticizes Blanket Bans on Businesses that have Operated Safely"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Julianne Foster<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Last week, San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond was interviewed on <\/span>KUSI News<\/em><\/span><\/a> about recent concerns over the county\u2019s advanced reopening, which has been halted with Gov. Newsom\u2019s forced closure<\/a> of bars in certain counties. Desmond doesn\u2019t think San Diego reopened too quickly, and still believes the county can safely continue reopening businesses and entities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“I\u2019m not a health professional, I\u2019m a numbers guy and the numbers just don\u2019t match up to the hysteria,” said Supervisor Desmond.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He explained that the 19 percent increase in hospitalizations is not a direct outcome of businesses reopening, but rather from multiple other factors as well. Testing has doubled in the past 14 days, with increases in the percentage of positive tests resulting from those concerned that they have COVID-19 symptoms being more likely to take advantage of widely available testing. Those who are filling hospitals in the county aren\u2019t necessarily all San Diegans, as people are coming from Imperial County and Mexico as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

The businesses that have safely reopened do not solely correlate to the growing number of those testing positive, which deems the county\u2019s recent decisions to take steps back unreasonable. Even state officials did not see San Diego\u2019s progress as a threat since the county was not on the monitoring list and was not named in <\/span>Newsom\u2019s list<\/span><\/a> of counties forced or recommended to close their bars last week.<\/span><\/p>\n

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NEW: Due to the rising spread of #COVID19<\/a>, CA is ordering bars to close in Fresno, Imperial, Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, San Joaquin, and Tulare, while recommending they close in Contra Costa, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Stanislaus, & Ventura.<\/p>\n

— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) June 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n