“We have heard from so many people that say, ‘We were ready for this. We wanted to go back to work.’ Our businesses are being incredibly careful,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn, (R-TN) told Fox News.
“I have been very impressed with how the business owners are talking about having PPE [personal protective equipment] that is necessary for their employees.”CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE MIGHTY 990 ON FACEBOOK!
Blackburn said that she believes that Tennesseans will continue to do all that they can to ensure their own safety.
“Everyone continues to say if there are pregnant women, they should be allowed to work from home, if there are those that have a history of chronic lung and heart disease they should be allowed to work from home. [And] elderly individuals, we’re going to have to do extra work to take care of them so that they do not have to be out and about,” Blackburn said. “But individuals who are healthy, individuals who are not high-risk individuals who have recovered from COVID-19 need the opportunity to be able to go back to work.”
To those who criticize Tennessee’s reopening, Blackburn had this to say:
“You’ve got a choice. You can bet on hope or you can get bet on fear. And I think this is one where the American people are willing to bet on hope and they are going to find a way to make this work. We overcome obstacles. We are innovators, and we are going to find a way to live and work and prosper and to deal with a coronavirus.”