StoosNews Spotlight: Check Out The Business Beat's Year-End Review
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I thought for my last Business Beat column of the year, I’d reflect on the year that was, from the perspective of the business community.
First, there are some really sad stories… People who put everything they own on the line, and then borrowed the rest, only to run face-first into a Global Pandemic. None of us can imagine what it is like, to lose everything unless we’ve lived it.
The same can be said for many employees, who were suddenly a lot less secure than they thought.
Thankfully we live in a country that has been able to respond and provide a lot of support, though I know it won’t be enough for some.
And now, with vaccine on the horizon, we are in the second wave. Think of how maddening it would be if you were in business and had to watch while people took chances with the simplest public health directives—to wear a mask, to properly distance, to wash your hands, and to watch your business being shut down again, because of it.
Stu Harrison
