In my area of the world,
some people are quite upset
because bars re-opened
before schools re-opened.
These people are assuming
leaders believe it is ‘safe’
to re-open.
That assumption
is so very wrong.
We have never dealt with
a world-wide pandemic
exactly like COVID-19.
No one has ever re-opened
a site like a bar
during a pandemic like COVID-19.
This is a test.
Heck, almost everything
we’re doing
right now
is a test.
We don’t know
exactly
what will happen.
By re-opening bars first,
the risk of that test
going terribly wrong
is shouldered by adults.
Any insights garnered
by that test
will be applied
to school re-openings.
Those insights will hopefully
decrease the odds
of THAT test
going terribly wrong.
We’re experimenting
on adults,
not kids.
That’s the decision
that was made.
(And I completely agree
with it.)
When your industry
gives your business
the green light
to re-open,
THAT will be
a test also.
No one truly knows
what the results
of these tests
will be.
Prepare for that.