If you are a retailer or other small business that serves the public, you need to know what to do to keep your customers and employees safe during this COVID-19 emergency. See this Seattle-King County Public Health guidance that is not overly complicated or long. It also segments some of the different types of businesses.
Guidance for retail businesses and service operators to protect from the spread of COVID-19
For the rest of us as customers, it is up to you to where you continue to shop and do business. We don't all need to turn into hermits, but caution is advised.
Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.
