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The survival of the independent beauty professionals is at risk. We are facing a grave financial hardship.

The survival of the independent beauty professional is at risk. We are facing a grave financial hardship.

Our hands are our livelihood. We our essential to our local community who are in need of pain management.

Here in upstate we are much closer to Vermont or Mass then New York city. If these states open before us the survival of the beauty business in upstate NY is at risk. We are already facing a grave financial hardship.

Servicing our clients this way poses little to no risk of spreading the virus, as compared to 20 or more people in a grocery store or 10 plus people at restaurants picking up food. The survival of the independently owned Spas and their professions are at risk. We are facing a grave financial hardship. Our industry is in the HEALTH AND WELLNESS business and is needed now if not more than ever.

My wife and I are CrossFit gym owners in Orange County. We created our facility to be a place of healing and inspiration, and that is exactly what it is. We have a close-knit community, and our members tell us that no matter what kind of day they have had, they can come here and leave it all behind for an hour, and then leave feeling better. While stopping the spread of COVID-19 must be at the forefront of our efforts, we must consider the urgency of healthful activity. People have been largely left quarantining in a sedentary environment, devoid of sunlight, stress-eating sugary snacks. Each of these things alone when left unchecked becomes detrimental to health. When combined, though, the synergistic effect is a perfect storm for the development of toxicity, inflammation, and ultimately disease. The longer this goes on, the greater risk people have of making habits that will likely lead to obesity, chronic illness, and healthcare dependency, and the more overloaded the medical system will eventually become. At our CrossFit gym, we have nearly 4,000 square feet and each member has a dedicated station. When they are working out there is a naturally occurring 10 foot distance from one member's face to another. I would imagine that other CrossFit gyms are similar, as well. CrossFit gyms are distinct from any other type of gym: due to the length of barbells, as well as bodies moving spontaneously and quickly, social distancing is something that just happens without thought. Additionally, we keep a very clean facility; we have to, because that is what our members expect. In fact, they even clean their own equipment thoroughly when they put it away. We have also created a cleaner made from 75% ethyl alcohol and antiviral essential oils, which we began using aggressively to clean the equipment and stations prior to the mandate closing gyms. Physical activity and social interaction are vital to health and well-being, and we must be allowed to do our part as CrossFit gym owners: to provide environments that support healing and inspiration. Never before has this been so important. Please tell Governor DeSantis to support the re-opening of CrossFit gyms contingent on strict compliance with current social distancing guidelines and a thorough equipment cleaning protocol following each use - perhaps even gloves for a while until we are certain that the virus has been neutralized.

Because just as those who have been out of work are at risk and need help, so are the people who still have to go to work every day...

The survival of the independent beauty professionals is at risk. We are facing a grave financial hardship.

Ever since COVID-19 it has been affecting us in major ways and forcing people to make tough decisions for their families. We are going through financial hardship. we were promised bail outs through small business loans or grants. Yet the government has made the stipulations on these grants nearly impossible for our type of business to qualify for the loan to become a grant. Most beauty salons if not all beauty shops have been/ will be denied. We have no help when we have been promised help. The Quarantine was implemented to flatten the curve of the spread of COVID-19 to assure that hospitals were not overwhelmed all the once in to help prevent such a rapid spread. The numbers of infected people is on the decline. We beauty industry workers are trained and certified in blood-borne pathogen‘s and cross-contamination as well as many other medical safety and sterility procedures we are just as safe if not safer than most hospitals. Beauty salons are very clean we take this serious this is our livelihood if we do not return back to work by May 1st many small businesses will be lost. We will not be able to pay our bills, rents/mortgages, Insurances, we have the very potentially of losing everything. We still have to pay our mortgages/ rents and phone bills and gas and electric none of this has stopped for us. Yes, we can postpone them, but they’re not going away! Some of us can still sustain for a while, but that doesn’t mean that we are doing OK this is how we pay our bills this is how we feed our families and we are not getting any help from anyone, nor are we asking for it. We just want to be allowed to return to work in a safe manor. Also, since the state is currently set to pause until May 15, allowing beauty salons to open 15 days earlier will allow our clients ample time to get their beauty needs situated prior to their return to work.

Covid 19 is affecting the economy in major ways and forcing people to make tough decisions for their families based upon recent events and work displacement. To ease the economical pain in our industry it is in our best discretion to open back up with these limited restrictions. Moreover the quarantine was implemented to flatten the curve of the spread of covid 19 to ensure that hospitals were not overwhelmed all at once and to help prevent such rapid spread. The number of people infected is currently on a decline and the numbers aren’t as bad as once projected. Additionally Tattoo artist are trained and certified in blood borne pathogens and cross contamination as well as many other medical safety and sterility procedures.

The survival of the independent health & beauty professionals is at risk. Many are already in grave financial hardship while others are on their way. Many of us cannot pay our bills or buy food now and others are close behind if we don’t get back to work soon, Please consider this petition to let us work again. We know & comply with the rules of sanitation everyday already in our work environment & understand them better than the average person because we are licensed through the state of New Mexico. We know how to properly clean and sanitize all of our tools and work space. All we have to do is add masks as many already use gloves and aprons & wipe down any surfaces our clients touch.