{"id":271238,"date":"2020-10-08T07:42:17","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T11:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=271238"},"modified":"2020-10-08T07:48:13","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T11:48:13","slug":"wallethub-ranks-south-dakota-as-state-with-fewest-covid-19-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/10\/08\/wallethub-ranks-south-dakota-as-state-with-fewest-covid-19-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"WalletHub ranks South Dakota as state with fewest COVID-19 restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"States with the Fewest Coronavirus Restrictions\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JZqWeo-r3qc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>South Dakota was named as the state with fewest coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) restrictions among others in the United States, according to the updated ranking by personal-finance website WalletHub.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the list released on Monday, October 5, South Dakota was followed by Idaho, Utah, Oklahoma, and Iowa.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the states with the most coronavirus restrictions are Hawaii, followed by California, Massachusetts, Maine, and New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>In an email, WalletHub said it compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 17 key metrics, including travel restrictions, state-wide school restart, and the reopening of restaurants and bars.<\/p>\n<p>WalletHub has data set that range from whether the state implements any penalties for those who do not comply with COVID-19 legislation to whether it has required the use of face masks in public and health checks at restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>Explaining how South Dakota became the top state with fewest COVID-19 restrictions, WalletHub analyst Jill Gonzalez said South Dakota is &#8220;one of just five states that have not taken any action on face coverings in public, and one of 15 states that have no limits on large gatherings.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She added that South Dakota does not impose penalties or enforcement to those who do not follow the COVID-19 regulations and that it is &#8220;one of only 16 states where non-essential businesses are fully open.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez believes that states should strictly enforce their COVID-19 restrictions, adding that if there are no penalties for non-compliance, people would likely ignore the protocols.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fines are a good deterrent to make sure Americans follow COVID-19 restrictions, and enforcement will also minimize the need for citizens to play the police,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>She also added that those states that have seen increases in the number of COVID-19-related deaths in their area should pause their reopening plans and implement extra preventative measures against the virus.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It may be necessary to reinstitute lockdowns in some places at a micro level, in small communities that are experiencing especially high death and hospitalization rates,&#8221; Gonzalez said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Dakota was named as the state with fewest coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) restrictions among others in the United States, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":249166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-271238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-w","mauthors-joanna-belle-deala","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271238"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":271247,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271238\/revisions\/271247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}