Reopening Gyms Early Is Tearing a South Florida City Apart

For two months, Ken Averett Clark couldn’t lift weights at his local gym in Fort Lauderdale, the city with the third-highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Florida. But by late Monday, the buff 55-year-old was closing in fast on pumping iron in public once again. “For me, going to the gym is one of the pillars of my mental and physical health,” Clark told The Daily Beast. “I really feel like there is something missing in my life. I…