Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Can We Get Every Job Back Up and Running -- Safely?

   Can every job be saved? Can we return everyone to their job who has been laid off?
   How about the airline industry? Flights are being canceled. No, we don't want the airlines to lose too much money, but our concern should be more for the pilots and flight attendants and baggage claim workers and others.
   If you send them home, keep on paying them.
   How about pastors and church employees? We saw how some churches went ahead and held meetings, and argued it was their right to do so. Perhaps to many of them, it was a simple matter of freedom of religion and freedom of speech. But, consider that if meetings aren't held, that affects donations and whether the pastor is able to get full pay.
   Maybe have drive-by attendance? Come to the door, get a blessing or spiritual thought from the pastor, and drop that $10 in the basket, and be on your way. One at a time, please, and keep distance between you.
   How about plays and productions? How about concerts? Go online. It will lack the immediacy. It will lose much of its flavor. But, do it anyway. You may need to reduce pricing, but you have unlimited seating. Big-name artists will survive without having concerts. No harm done. But, the playhouses around town need to be kept alive. Encourage the public to support our artists, including especially those who are not big-named stars. For some of us still sequestered away in our homes, such online plays and productions would not only help the playhouses, but provide entertainment to us the only way we can get it.
   How about dances? Have big clear, see-through rubber balls. Each patron steps inside one and does their dancing within the ball.
   Sit-down dining? have little, clear-glass or plexiglass hoods over each place at the table. You can talk to others at the table, and see them, but your germs are trapped in your own space.

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