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The problem with opening up the beaches.. are the congregation of large groups of people at choke points such as crosswalk intersections and such places.

heres an update on Florida.. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/coronavirus/os-ne-coronaviru...

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Bathrooms & restaurants. You can bring your own food or get takeout - but where are you going to relieve yourself?

How do you socially distance at a beach bathroom? Does everyone hit up the same fast-food bathrooms nearby - concentrating the risk?

Piss in the ocean? Fish do it.

That said, Florida had beaches open in many areas that people predicted would cause huge surges and they did not from any of the data I've seen.

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