I am back in the Adirondack Mountains for the summer. This is the oldest and largest state park in the US: 6 million sparsely populated acres, more than 10,000 lakes, 130,000 permanent residents, and more than 200,000 seasonal visitors. This year’s pandemic has the permanent residents both worried about the health implications from the potential influx of all the seasonal visitors and anxious about the impact on their businesses and livelihoods if the seasonal visitors are hesitant to come this season. It’s the same arguments and concerns raised in Las Vegas and hundreds of other US cities about the reopening of their casinos, and in all the other other towns and cities around the world about the reopening of their businesses. Here, masks (for employees and customers) and social distancing are mandatory for all businesses and it appears that everyone is complying. The balance between safety and commerce here is working now because most realize that nobody wins unless everybody wins. But it’s early in this reopening process and everyone’s wondering what will be when the summer vacation season really hits later this month. Staying and playing safe is what everyone here hopes will be the basis of a successful summer vacation season. That’s a lesson to be learned as politicians, business leaders, and customers seek to balance their safety and economic concerns today.
Bruce Springsteen (born 1949): American singer, songwriter, and musician who is both a solo artist and the leader of the E Street Band
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