While some Georgetown residents remain hesitant to return to life without restrictions, others are eager for businesses to open with greater capacity, such as resident Sharon Larson, who said she is happy about the openings and requests even more.
“Never should have closed and new ‘restrictions’ are overdone,” she said in an email. “Burden on business to protect the few vulnerable will make staying in business tenuous for the true small business owners and ‘Mom and Pop’ stores.”
She added the mandatory restrictions “make it seem like the government thinks we are mindless.”
Resident David Stippick said he and his family will too continue to go to businesses that are honoring restrictions and have limited capacity in place.
“Just because we’ve gotten bored with COVID-19 and the restrictions and inconveniences it brought to us doesn’t mean it isn’t still a real danger,” he said in an email.
As a heath care worker, resident Karen Ortiz had other thoughts.
Ortiz said other than going to grocery store once a week or meeting with her daughter in the park for lunch with 6 feet between them, she does not go out.
“I feel I owe it to my patients and colleagues to do what I can to reduce my exposure, thereby reducing the spread,” Ortiz said in an email. “I don't understand why so many [people] can't do such a simple thing, such as wearing a mask and distancing as much as possible when out, to benefit the health of all.”
