NAMM just canceled their Anaheim show in January. Lots of people online are "happy" and saying "it's the safe thing to do." Well, what about the zillions of dollars in commerce that NAMM brings to town and the concessions, coffee vendors, restaurants, hotels, people who are SOL and are now borderline suicidal? What about their health? Let's throw on top the fact that a good chunk of these concession etc people are minorities and low income folks...is it "right" that their preference (to work) is sacrificed so a bunch of lily white snowflake affluent urban SJWs who sell guitar strings don't have to worry about getting NAMMthrax at their boondoggle?
Honest to goodness, life is fraught with peril. I totally get that this bug isn't the flu...but it's not smallpox. I would LOVE to venture out to a conference hall and give a talk about my profession - the Zoom conferences suck, everyone talks over each other, and the interaction with the crowd is lost. I'd even be willing to deal with people wearing masks or being 6' from each other...at least it's live.
Furthermore, I spend time talking to the sound and light guys and gals ahead of my speaking segment...they can make or break you, AND they have more insight into the crowd and what is working and not working, regardless if it's a conference on physics or chess or the Franco-Prussian alliance of 1821. Furthermore, the light and sound folks are usually really funny people. The human dimension of any event is currently lost, and no PPP loan is a substitute for working.
I am sorry your business is suffering, and while many are happy that liberal entertainers are "getting what they deserve," a goodly number of just starting our musicians and their crew just want to make a living and aren't that political, Indeed, lots of punk fans lean right. We need to get the machines back on now...we can't do drive-in shows for the rest of eternity.