Last week, Gov. Brian Kemp announced that some Georgia businesses can start reopening. I don’t always support Governor Kemp’s policies. And I disagree with the reopening of places like gyms and bowling alleys: It’s just too soon for those places from my perspective.

But as the owner of a 13-year-old nail salon here in northeast Georgia, I was relieved to hear that businesses like mine could reopen with precautions. To be clear, I’m still scared. But I have decided to open with limited, reservation-only hours, approving appointments only with clientele that my staff personally know and trust. Because the threat of Covid-19 is still real, I won’t be open to the general public for the foreseeable future. You can’t trust just anybody.

I don’t blame other shop owners who are waiting to see how this partial reopening goes before opening themselves. But I’m one of many Georgians easing back into work because we know that if we don’t our business might not come back and our staff would probably go broke. I’ve been having nightmares about it. To stay in business while potentially being completely closed all summer would require me to take on a crazy amount of debt that I and my two daughters, aged 3 and 6, can’t afford. I’m the main breadwinner for the household.