Small businesses on Main Streets across the U.S., from restaurants to bars, gyms and salons, were preparing for a full economic reopening. Uncertainty is back.
. Some hospitals are as overburdened now as they were in April of last year, when Covid-19 was first spreading in the U.S.
conducted in June, before the delta variant wave surged, found that two-thirds of adults in the U.S. said their lives are either "somewhat" or "completely" back to normal, up from 37% last fall.Small businesses have learned how to get by in this environment. Restaurants pivoted to carry-out instead of dine-in, brick-and-mortar retailers invested in creating online storefronts, and gyms began offering virtual workouts.
One significant advantage now relative to earlier phases of the pandemic is that few cities and states are resorting to full-scale shutdowns or curfews to manage the increase in cases. That means the restaurants, hair salons, and shops that rely on in-person foot traffic can continue to keep their doors open.
While most small businesses have been coping, and some even thriving in this new environment, there are still many who are holding out hope for a return to their 2019 "business as usual."
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