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This is NOT in PARF - Please keep the politics out of the discussion.

We need to think about how to keep the economy going or re-open it while we still have the pandemic going on.

In engineering, we think of "controls", which does not mean electronic things, but items to make you safe. Think of all of the problems in a job, then come up with ways to mitigate those issues.

For example:

Checking workers temperatures when they report for work? Anyone with a fever is sent home. Period.

Working in a warehouse. How does the virus spread? Coughing and touching things. So the obvious solution is disposable mask and gloves. But it might be more practical to have washable cotton gloves (cotton does not promote the virus life, and we won't touch out face with gloves) and a plastic face shield. The face shield is infinitely washable with a bleach solution. The gloves can also be washed and reused, unlike disposable gloves. They also don't end up in a landfill.

Restaurants: The "take out" part helps. But, how about limiting seating, maybe putting dividers between tables. Gloves for waiters. We make kitchen workers wear hair nets, they can wear masks. etc. Waiters, we can think of other ways as well.

Please chime in. The idea is adding controls to allow business to operate while minimizing spread of coronavirus, colds, flu and anything else. And in the end, we might increase the hygiene of the entire country.