Floridians urged to be 鈥榮mart鈥 on beaches
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Florida resident Kevin Sweeny took his 2-year-old daughter to the beach on Saturday for the first time in weeks. It was something that used to be routine. He lives close to the shore and he and his family like to enjoy it as often as they can.
That stopped after local governments began closing beaches. Now some areas of Florida are beginning to reopen them with restrictions: no sunbathing, no sitting in chairs, no coolers. Just walk, run, swim, fish or surf.
鈥淧eople were in constant movement. I saw everybody walking and moving and minding their six, seven, 10 feet away from each other. It was certainly not chaos by any means. It was exactly what you would have wanted to see on your beach if you decided to open the beaches today,鈥 Sweeny said. 鈥淭here were no beach chairs.鈥
To be clear, the state of Florida never closed the beaches along its 2,173 kilometers of shoreline, except in South Florida 鈥 a hot spot for coronavirus infections. Decisions on beach closures have been left in the hands of local governments, and when Governor Ron DeSantis issued a 鈥渟afer-at-home鈥 order on April 1, he did say walking, running and swimming were essential activities.
After that order, Volusia County, home to the famed Daytona Beach, opened its beaches with restrictions on April 4. While exercise was allowed, volleyball wasn鈥檛.
But on Friday, a reporter asked DeSantis about Duval County reopening its beaches earlier that day. The governor repeated what he鈥檚 said all along: exercise is good, just be smart about it.
鈥淚鈥檝e always promoted essential activities with recreation. You鈥檝e just got to do it in a way that鈥檚 going to have low risk,鈥 he said.
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