“We really are at a loss and I am concerned as a mother and the mayor of our capital city,” Bottoms said at the time. “I am perplexed that we have opened up in this way. … As I look at the data and as I talk with our public health officials, I don’t see that it’s based on anything that’s logical.”
Cases in Georgia rose steadily from March to mid-June as the nation’s epicenter became New York.
In April, the state set up a temporary hospital at one of the nation’s largest convention centers, the Georgia World Congress Center, but wound down operations in May. That month, Kemp announced that summer camps would be allowed to reopen in Georgia, and about 260 people at one overnight summer camp would later test positive for the coronavirus.
A month later, as several states were implementing face mask requirements to slow the spread of COVID-19, Kemp signed an executive order prohibiting cities and counties from mandating masks and sued Bottoms and the Atlanta City Council, saying they overstepped their authority by requiring masks.
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