Just wear mittens
Well now there’s an essential industry.
Community spread of the coronavirus in California began in a nail salon, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday, as other states allow their manicurists to reopen.
Why allow nail salons of all places to open during a pandemic? Are women unable to function without long painted fingernails?
State health directors have put some “red flags” on nail salons as a high-risk business, Newsom added, likening them to gyms and hair salons. He announced Monday that the state will allow some low-risk businesses, including bookstores, warehouses, florists and more, to begin reopening with modifications and offering curbside pick up as soon as Friday.
One salon owner was shocked to hear it.
Saunders James said she employs 12 people in her business, which opened in January and has been closed since mid-March. In preparation for reopening, whenever that may be, she said she’s stocking up on personal protective equipment and disinfectants.
“I am just intuitively kind of following the rules of what a nurse would wear or a physician, or something that is more in the medical field,” she said. “Because if you’re comfortable enough to go to the dentist, or go in to see your physician, then if we’re wearing the same thing and our environment is as sterile and sanitized as a medical office, then why wouldn’t the customer feel comfortable getting a manicure in that situation?”
Because medical treatment and dental work are necessary for health. Polished fingernails are not remotely necessary for health. Why take a risk by going to a nail salon (and getting up close and personal with the person who decorates your fingernails) when doing so is far from essential?
Other states haven’t been as cautions when it comes to reopening personal care locations like nail salons. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced earlier this week hair and nail salons, barber shops and tanning salons will be allowed to reopen with modifications on Friday.
Again: stupid. Why take that risk for optional fripperies?
Making money isn’t an optional frippery for warriors. One must go into battle properly manicred and coifed. Besides, it saves the time of the morticiians. Not that anyone can have a proper funeral right now, but look on the bright side; there’s always tomorrow. And we mustn’t let a little inconvenience like death get in the way of the right and true propitiation of
MolochMammonTrump .For some, not tomorrow. Today. Our local grocery store has taken down their social distancing signs, I guess since they aren’t reopening in the reopening of our state (which continues to be one of the hot spots right now). Since they never closed, they can’t do a fun, celelbratory reopen, so they’ll take down any signs reminding people of the virus. Because wishing will make it so? I wish.
Holy shit, iknklast. I hope you can stay safe. I know you’re having to depend on others being decent, respectful and sensible, which sounds like the exception rather than the rule. We’ve been lucky here, our caseload has stayed relatively low in London; the maximum single day increase was in the low twenties, and that was weeks ago. My work probably won’t open until June at the earliest, and they’ve been getting masks, barriers and sanitizer for us in the downtime. Trudeau has extended federal income aid for another four weeks at least. Even the provincial Conservative premier has been pretty good. So glad our government is being run by sociopaths.
Again, stay as safe as you can.
Same for everyone out there, especially if your governments are dysfunctional.
Yes, our cases are still on the increase – rapidly – and Lincoln is starting to increase again after flattening the curve (it hasn’t even been reopened yet). Our college president is bringing people back starting tomorrow; since he is starting only with supervisory staff, ,I will not have to return until August, since the summer classes that were face-to-face have already been cancelled. My biggest problems will be trying to negotiate a grocery store where people assume they are protected against fake coronaviruses, or maybe by God (or Trump? I don’t know).
If I can’t get a manicure, then how will I express my gender identity? Do you want me to commit suicide? Closing nail salons is MURDER and GENOCIDE!
Screechy, I have it on good authority that all you have to do to express a female gender identity is put a bow in your hair. Nail salon not needed!
But I’m a manicure-sexual! Don’t tell me how to express myself! Stop murdering me!
I’ll have to steal “manicure-sexual.”