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They were not exactly rushing to embrace their new-found freedom in Liberty, Missouri<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Even as the state endured its largest increase in coronavirus cases on Monday, Missouri\u2019s Republican governor, Mike Parson, decided to press ahead with his plan to allow businesses to reopen and to lift restrictions on social gatherings imposed as the pandemic crept closer six weeks ago.<\/p>\n

But for all the fury of gun-toting protests against lockdowns and stay-at-home orders in some parts of America, only a smattering of Liberty\u2019s shops and restaurants opened their doors.<\/p>\n

While many people were pleased to see the restrictions eased, some also harbored doubts about whether it might lead to a resurgence of Covid-19, with Missouri recording<\/a> more than 8,700 confirmed cases and a total of 358 deaths by Monday, and projections that 3,000 people a day could be dying across the US in a month.<\/p>\n

A short line formed outside Brendle\u2019s barber shop, where the owner had refused offers of large payments to cut hair during the closure.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou wouldn\u2019t believe what people offered me for haircuts. Fifty dollars from one man. I got a guy, a regular customer, who was super pissed at me because I wouldn\u2019t open up to give him a cut,\u201d said Tara Brendle. <\/p>\n

Brendle said she was nervous about reopening, but decided to do so with precautions, including obliging customers to wait outside the door and sanitizing everything from chairs to gowns between them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not as worried about myself as I am about other people like my parents and kids,\u201d she said. \u201cBut I needed to go back to business. Luckily I don\u2019t have a ton of overheads. I had savings I dipped into. I wouldn\u2019t have survived without it. But I couldn\u2019t go on much longer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lyle Hoover, waiting outside for his first haircut since the lockdown, thought it was about time.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs this thing barrels on, I can\u2019t help but think we\u2019re being manipulated. Not to take anything from the seriousness of coronavirus but I think it\u2019s being blown way out of proportion. There\u2019s a good percentage of this country who live paycheck to paycheck, and now their livelihood has been taken away,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Parson lifted the closures as part of what he calls his \u201cShow Me Strong\u201d recovery plan, which relies heavily on testing for the virus and access to protective equipment, both of which remain limited. Brendle doesn\u2019t have a lot of confidence that Parson or the state government know what they are doing, not least because they have done little to help her over the past six weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no organization. There\u2019s no real plan. Just open up and we\u2019ll see what happens,\u201d she said. \u201cWe all know there\u2019s going to be a resurgence in cases. But if they don\u2019t know what to do, I sure as hell don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

Confidence in the governor was not enhanced when Parson decided to mark the reopening by touring an electrical contractor and a hunting and fishing store without wearing a face mask, in a pointed rejection of federal health recommendations.<\/p>\n

\u201cI chose not to,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t think that it is government\u2019s role to mandate who wears one.\u201d<\/p>\n

The sense that Parson\u2019s coronavirus policy is driven less by health priorities than political and business ones was strengthened when he told workers they would have to return to their jobs if their employers demand it or lose benefits.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we open the state up, if you\u2019ve got to go back to work, if your boss calls and says you have to go back to work, you have to go back to work,\u201d he said last week.<\/p>\n

Pushback has come from the mayors of Missouri\u2019s two biggest cities, St Louis and Kansas City, which have kept restrictions in place, including the closure of restaurants for sit-down dining, gyms and non-essential shops.<\/p>\n

When restaurants reopen in the middle of the month, Kansas City\u2019s mayor, Quinton Lucas, plans to limit seating to just 10% capacity or 10 people including employees.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t have a good economy when you don\u2019t have customers, when you don\u2019t have workers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Hammerhand Coffee, on a corner of Liberty\u2019s main square, has been open throughout for takeaway drinks. The cafe was free to open its doors to customers on Monday morning, but decided against it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re adhering to the county guidelines, which is 25% capacity, which allows us six people including staff. Which didn\u2019t make sense,\u201d said Lucas Bell, from behind a plastic screen.<\/p>\n

Bell wasn\u2019t at all sure reopening business completely was right in any case.<\/p>\n

\u201cI agree with the closure. I respect the Kansas City mayor more than the governor. The mayor\u2019s more cautious. I don\u2019t know if the governor knows what he\u2019s talking about,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

That uncertainty is reflected around the square where most businesses remained firmly closed. The florists, boutiques and jewelers were all still shut. Hueys on the Square restaurant, which gave away free boxed meals to families in need, was open with some tables marked \u201cno seating\u201d to keep patrons six feet apart.<\/p>\n

But there was not a customer in sight.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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