Would you go to hairdressers? Or DH to barbers?

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We have a small barbershop, family business, just hubby and 5 barbers. Hubby wants to try and stay open, some of the team want to isolate. None of us/the team are sick yet. But you can’t maintain a social distance when you’re providing a personal service like hair cutting.

Will you keep going to hairdressers or barbers now we are all told to keep a social distance and avoid pubs etc?

We are terrified now what this means for our business and income. We will probably be ruined 😢
Thank you.

I work in a school, so I think I'm at least as much at risk of picking up something there as I would be by going to the hairdresser. Like a pp, my hairdresser rents a chair in a very quiet salon - even on a 'busy' Saturday, there are rarely more than two clients in the salon at a time. TBH, it's more likely that my hairdresser would cancel as she has a couple of conditions which make her more susceptible to picking up bugs, so I'd assume she'd be a higher risk of covid -19 than me. In the meantime, I'll support her business as no work means no income for her.

I wouldn't I'm sorry. I'm very worried for all our local businesses. I don't want close contact - gym, hairdresser etc and I don't want to by food that isn't sealed so cage, butcher etc. I have parents with significant health issues and can't take the risk.

It's a fucking mess and makes very scared of what is actually going to happen as I WANT to support but just can't take the risk.

We've just bought our months meat from the butcher (we always do this so not stockpiling!) and it didn't occur to me not to and it wouldn't stop me now. I'd rather trust his hygiene standards than the supermarket!