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Apple Plans to Start Reopening Retail Stores in First Half of April

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Apple today informed employees that it plans to reopen its Apple retail stores starting in the first half of April, according to Bloomberg. Retail stores will not all reopen at once and will likely remain closed longer in areas with more widespread outbreaks.

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We will reopen our stores on a staggered basis. At this time, we anticipate some stores may be able to open in the first half of April depending on the conditions in their community. We will provide updates for each store as soon as specific dates are established.

Apple closed all of its stores outside of China on March 14, and at the time of the closure, said that retail locations would remain closed until March 27. That date was later extended with vague wording on the Apple Store website that said stores would be closed "until further notice."

Apple's retail chief Deirdre O'Brien apparently told employees today that remote work plans will be extended through at least April 5, but after that date, brick and mortar stores will be reopening on a staggered basis. Apple plans to reevaluate work from home arrangements on a weekly basis based on workers' locations.

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Viper2005 Avatar
Viper2005
79 months ago
This is horribly irresponsible to be announcing this even before the cases of Covid have peaked, which isn't likely to happen by mid-april.
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az431
79 months ago

This is horribly irresponsible to be announcing this even before the cases of Covid have peaked, which isn't likely to happen by mid-april.
Except Apple hasn't announced anything. A posting on a rumor website is not an "announcement."
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az431
79 months ago

Everyone going should use masks
At least to prevent spread.
Thanks. Internet forums like MR is where I go to get medical advice about life threatening conditions.
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seanmcbay
79 months ago
Irresponsible to open up that early.
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MrMichaelJames
79 months ago

Bring it on!


Blows my mind that people think we should shut down the world for a very small percentage of people at risk that can take care of themselves by staying away from the rest of us. If I give your grandma thismess, guess what, she was out in public too.
The problem is YOU don't know if you are sick or not. You can spread it and not even know you are doing so. So basically you are killing someone's grandma or putting some child in the ICU or someone's parent or someones teen just because you can't stay put. Selfish is what people are these days. You also don't know how your body will react to something completely foreign that it has never seen before. Odds are you will be ok, but the odds aren't that great that you won't.

Regarding CA. They have (currently) added 361 cases today, by the end of yesterday they added 381. NY today has 4790 cases and added 53 deaths just from this to their total. Of those 53 deaths, how many of them could have been prevented by people just listening to what they are supposed to do? How many of those 53 deaths or hospitalizations will cost someone else their life due to heart attack, stroke, car accident, or even the flu because there isn't room to treat them in time?

Stop being a selfish prick, unfortunately we all have to live on this planet together, even the *******s.

The only way they should reopen cities and businesses is to test the entire population for antibodies. If you have the antibodies then you are cleared to return to normal life. If you don't then you stay put. But we all know they won't do that because the dollar is more important than lives. The ass in the white house doesn't care about lives, he wants his hotels reopened and the market to reverse itself so that the stock he owns will be worth something when he gets voted out of office.
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JimmyBanks6
79 months ago

Why is it insane to do so?

Actual proof, not paranoia would be nice For you to provide.

Again, this is not a death sentence for the majority and those that are at risk know who they are and can take to protect themselves from it.
Every medical professional in the world is encouraging social distancing right now, but yes, me repeating what the actual experts are saying is "paranoia".

The USA is about to become to epicenter of the disease, and the uneducated, irresponsible and dangerous opinions being posted on the internet by people such as yourself is the reason why.

Now go educate yourself. You can start here: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public
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