As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches into its fifth month, disruptions at businesses across the country have lasted longer than many anticipated. Instead of the hope that the crisis would be over within a few months or the end of summer at the latest, it’s now clear the U.S. will be dealing with the novel coronavirus outbreak for a more prolonged period.
This week, case numbers and deaths continued to surge nationally during a second wave of outbreaks that came much sooner than the fall timeline many experts had predicted.
