6.11.20: About Re-openings
Are you ready to resume "normal" life?
June 11, 2020.
Good Thursday Morning. Even as businesses begin to re-open, based on yesterday’s answers, it seems like most folks won’t be ready to resume many “normal” activities until later this fall — or even next year. And many of you noted that your timelines are based on when you think a COVID-19 vaccine will exist.
We’re continuing our conversation today with a few more questions, so click on the Let’s Talk button when you’re ready to get started.
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As a quick recap…
Back on April 21, we talked about when we thought the social distancing restrictions would start to loosen. You all were pretty right.
The next day, we asked what type of things would be considered “normal” in a post-COVID world.
I got my first haircut today since mid March. The barbers were enforcing the required protocols and are booked solid. This is a super small business but a local community staple (and the only place I've found that can do a decent fade). It is really good to see them back up and running. I don't know their financial situation but I know several of us donated to them during the closure and I'm sure they go a small business loan to keep afloat. I hope the majority of these small business owners have found a way to survive.
I hope so too.
So I wrote myself a note to call my dentist to cancel my appointment from 6 months ago last night. I woke up with a text about confirming it. Weird huh?
Very.
Results from June 10, 2020
Question 1: When do you think you will stop sanitizing groceries after bringing them home?
Now I feel strange for sanitizing our groceries.
Question 2: When do you think you would travel by airplane?
Question 3: When do you think you would shake hands with a stranger you meet for the first time?
What’s interesting about most of these activities is that they’re deeply ingrained in our national cultural zeitgeist, but there are easy work-arounds for all of them. In many cultures, people bow rather than shake hands. I rarely go out to eat, but I’m not opposed to ordering takeout. Attending live concerts and professional sports games is exorbitantly expensive; perhaps artists and teams will be forced to reconsider their pricing structure. These are all concepts that have become normal to us despite the fact that, in the grand scheme of human history, they really haven’t existed for very long at all.
It’s a fascinating point.
When I clicked “Next year” on most of your questions, it is with the caveat that there will be a vaccine. Regarding hand shaking, I would rather do an elbow bump or Namaste.
An optimistic caveat!
Question 4: When do you think you would eat indoors at a restaurant?
Question 5: When do you think you would attend a live concert or sporting event?
Wait. 2% of folks went to a live concert or sporting event recently?
Question 6: How important is the existence of a COVID-19 vaccine to your level comfort in resuming any of the above activities?
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