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What’s the point in shutting down some of these businesses that get far fewer people at one time??

Exactly! Our local sewage treatment plant has gone to split shifts, with operator crews working half strength on alternate days, supposedly to reduce the possibility of them spreading the infection to each other. Since I'm Vice Chair of our Municipal Authority, which is different from the actual treatment plant, we've been discussing doing the same thing with our office staff (the office is already closed to the public, dropbox for payments and phone for emergencies), to which I replied..."Yeah, but unless they wear gloves in the office and wipe down EVERY piece of equipment they touch (dropbox, fax, printer, etc.) AND they're not going to that giant Petri dish that is our local supermarket...) I told the chairman I just didn't see where a split shift would make a damn bit of difference.)

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Wow, you succinctly laid it out. I am retired from the medical field. Worked in surgery half of my career. To be considered sterile, the first scrub of the day in the OR was 20 minutes from your elbows down. That was with povidone iodine or hibiclens. I have noticed people using wipes in grocery stores to wipe down their carts and hands and that’s good. Not sterile but good. But everything else you touch in the store can be considered contaminated.

Biker Joe, if your staff gets sick, maybe a splitting can give you the fresh troops. I can only think that what you are responsible to accomplish can not be done by Joe Shmoe off the street. Just an idea.