Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is hesitant to reopen businesses until his state's daily testing rate dramatically increases. 'You can't flip it like a switch and say you're open if you don't have testing,' he says.
In reopening the economy, he says, businesses will face another challenge: consumer confidence. Walz worries that — even with stay-at-home orders lifted — many consumers will be skittish about reengaging with businesses until they feel safe.
Walz says many businesses should remain closed until the state ramps up its testing capacity. Achieving that goal will help contain the virus's spread, as well as bolster the public's confidence, he says.We're shooting for a goal, very quickly, to be up to 20,000 tests a day in a state of 5.7 million. That ability to test, trace and isolate is going to be a way to get on the other end of this.
But I think asking people for patience is hard. And what we've done is we've tried to use the public health experts. We've used a very deliberate approach and we've included businesses. And we've been able to roll some of those back in. We've been doing, of course, curbside with our retail businesses and a lot of factories., Minnesota is among the 41 states that are still not doing enough testing to safely reopen.
We are now approaching 5,000. Our intention is that we should get close to that number very quickly. ... I think you should certainly hold off on those unpredictable settings. I think it's very difficult to imagine a bar setting or a concert setting. And what we've done is we viewed it as a dial and we were very clear about how we turn that up. ... You can't flip it like a switch and say you're open if you don't have testing. And if you do, I think there's a real chance that, one, the public won't come back. And two is you need to be prepared for the second wave.
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