Risks, benefits weighed of reopening different businesses amid COVID-19For maximum benefit relative to risk amid the COVID-19 pandemic, banks, dentists, colleges, places of worship, auto dealers, and repair shops should be reopened first, followed by gyms, cafes, juice bars, and dessert parlors, according to a study published yesterday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology used mobility data from 47 million smartphones, consumer preference surveys, and economic statistics to measure the infection risk against the consumer and economic value of 26 types of US businesses employing 32 million people, paying $1.1 trillion in yearly payroll, and taking in $5.6