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National parks across the country are taking “tentative steps” to reopen.
But there are still no guarantees that conditions will be safe for park employees and visitors.
And a “worse case scenario” in a National Park Service internal memo projects that up to four percent of park staff could be hospitalized, with 40 percent required to self-isolate due to possible COVID-19 exposure if parks reopen nationwide.
National Park Service officials are already starting to open the gates at some closed park locations, apparently to appease President Trump’s desire to reopen the parks as part of a bigger campaign to quickly restart the economy at any cost.
In a time where we still have no widespread testing for COVID-19, no vaccine, and rising numbers of infections in some areas, it’s clear: we cannot rush reopening our communities, including our national parks.
The National Park Service needs to put the safety of the public and their employees first — certainly ahead of political expediency for the president or pressure to reopen before it’s safe for all involved.
Here at Western Values Project, we’ve been calling for all national parks to remain closed until safety can be assured.
But, they need to hear from you too. Join us in telling the National Park Service: Don’t reopen our national parks until conditions are safe for park employees and guests.
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