San Francisco has managed to curb the virus slightly in its city - but at what cost? Those paying sky high taxes to live in the Bay Area may soon be wondering why they are paying to live in a shut down city that state and local government officials have refused to allow to reopen due to a virus with a CDC-predicted infection fatality rate of between 0.00002 and 0.093.
The entire downtown area of the city, once vibrant with business and tourism, is now "Empty" according to a new report by AP. Everything from food trucks to local workers used to be sights one would see on a daily basis in San Francisco.
Even the tech giants that San Francisco is known for have left the city, in favor of working remotely from elsewhere.
As a result, business owners wonder if the city will ever get back to normal.
At the same time, the city has been crippled, with many residents leaving.
30 year old Deme Peterson, another former San Francisco resident, said: "The spark of living in the city just kind of burned out a bit with everything being closed. We kind of didn't see when it would come back to normal."
City historian and author Gary Kamiya concluded: "I don't know if it's an exodus, but a lot of people are leaving."
Sunday, November 1, 2020
"A Lot Of People Are Leaving": COVID Shutdowns Have Turned San Francisco Into A Ghost Town
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