For the last nine months, a pandemic has been raging across our country, and across the world. Over the past few weeks, things have only gotten worse â with more infections, more hospitalizations, more deaths, more politicization, and now another closure. I completely agree that we need to mitigate this virus, in order to keep as many people safe and healthy as possible â especially our most vulnerable citizens. We also must keep our hospitals and their staff from a breaking point.
However, this most recent shutdown, while necessary, has not been executed properly. Local governments, nurses, doctors, first responders, grocery and retail workers, and so many others are on the front lines trying to keep everyone safe, and keep things moving forward. The problem is, while this current shutdown may help slow the spread of the virus, it is a devastating blow to small businesses. In many of our small, local communities, our small business districts have taken hit after hit over