Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb says it “won’t be business as usual” when businesses reopen. Workplaces may need to institute “deep cleans” to disinfect surfaces more regularly, and make more allowances for workers to wash their hands. State health commissioner Kristina Box says there could also be a phaseout of the stay-at-home half of the order, with senior citizens and Hoosiers with underlying health conditions continuing to work from home while others are allowed to return to work.
State Health Commissioner Dr. Kris Box says she’s hopeful but not convinced that Indiana has passed the peak of the infection curve. So far, she says Indiana’s infection rates are tracking the best-case scenario of the models assessing how the virus might progress. Holcomb credits Hoosiers with keeping the virus in check by obeying pleas to observe social distancing.
But Holcomb warns this past Saturday’s protest demanding an immediate lifting of the lock down order runs the risk of sparking a fresh round of infection. Holcomb and Box say opponents of his emergency order have every right to protest. But Holcomb says the crowd of people clustered together without masks represent “a perfect petri dish” for people to catch or spread the virus.