“There’s nothing that can protect you as much as being in a protective bubble away from all other humans,” said Sandro Galea, an epidemiologist and dean of the Boston University School of Public Health. “But that’s unrealistic. So I think it’s just the job to, as much as possible, reduce the risk while maintaining the operations needed.”
The longer term question is whether such safety protocols, adopted at the height of the pandemic, become a regular part of retail life in a post-pandemic world.”