The coronavirus is only one in a series of pandemics which have emerged in the 21st century. Our battle against covid 19 has been severely hampered causing over 10,000 deaths by lack of personal protective equipment for our hospital, nursing home and long term care facilities as well as for those in the grocery stores, warehouses, supply chain and delivery systems for food. This includes doctors, nurses, nurses' aides and orderlies, janitorial people, food service workers and warehouse workers, grocery store personal and the delivery systems. These inexpensive items were supplied on an as needed basis from China and other Asian countries. When there was no emergency, the system worked but has collapsed in our time of greatest need. We need to manufacture and control the production in this country. The factories for these jobs could be based in areas where unemployment is high because industries have become obsolete such as coal mining though the whole the fossil fuel industry is heading in this direction. We are hypocrites when we applaud the work of people on the front lines of disease and yet send them to battle without the low tech equipment they need because corporations could make more money by having it made elsewhere. Our military has already done the research on essential supply chain disruption. Our government should act upon it.

It is important because not only are we risking our health but we are not staying at home like the others, therefore a little help would be much appreciated as well. It is a great risk we are taking and a small grant would benefit the workers as well.

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

Massage therapy is important not only because it is our chosen profession and source of income, but also because our clients need their regularly scheduled massage therapy sessions to deal with pain, stress, anxiety and mobility problems. The government has deemed us "non-essential", but I assure you that massage therapists are essential and even crucial to our patients. Some clients can still have appointments with physical therapists in our state, but that doesn’t always help with soft tissue maladies and the emotional well being of our clients. Massage is a huge factor in improving physical, mental and emotional health for many people and an integral part of their health regimens. Many massage therapists are self employed and only work one on one with clients that they have known for years and with whom they have developed a level of trust and confidence. Getting massage therapists back to work will be beneficial to the therapists as well as our clients and the well being of our community. Please join me and other massage therapists in requesting essential status from the state of South Carolina, so that we are able to get back to work as soon as possible to keep our small businesses open and help our clients.

I want to stay physically well and have our states reopen the right way, through scientific and medical analysis and recommendations, not through mob rule.

This is very important as it is the way we support our families. Unemployment has failed New York State hairdressers. We sanitize so much we should have been "Essential" in the first place.

We are an essential industry and need to get back to work. This can be done efficiently and effectively.

Every single time Nancy Pelosi introduces a bill to aid the people of the United States, Mitch McConnell and his republican Senators add in clauses that enable their cronies to get a piece of the action.

The purpose of our government is to keep Us Alive, yes, but also to keep Us Living and Working, as is Our Right. We do not need our leaders to provide the False Choice that we can have only one or the other. Living and Working can be accomplished side by side. It is not up to our leaders to determine which Businesses are Essential; that Determination Belongs to our Citizens alone. Civilization means that officials and authorities, whether uniformed or not, whether armed or not, are made to realize that they are Servants and not Masters. Wisconsin’s Citizens deserve to make their Own Decisions to Provide for each other through the Mutual Exchange of Products and Services, as is Our Right. Businesses still in operation have many weeks of experience preventing the spread of Sars-CoV-2. These procedures can be Voluntarily Implemented in all Wisconsin Businesses. Additionally, Wisconsin’s Citizens are not Loyal Subjects to be looked after by a “Benevolent” Leader, but are Capable Adults who can choose to safely seek Services from Whomever they deem Appropriate through the Exercise of their own Sound Judgement. Safety and Commerce can be achieved Simultaneously. In many instances, Commerce will provide the Safety Net for Individuals, in the form of Income, that the government is promising but has proven that it cannot provide on such a large scale. Commerce is Safety. Insist that the governor reopen Wisconsin for Responsible Business.

This is important

We are educated and licensed professionals; so many of us working within the small business community. Not only are we suffering from the financial aspects of this shut-down but we are dealing with the reality that we are unable to provide the services that our loyal clientele rely upon.

Alot of small businesses and nail salons are not going to be able to open their doors again and be financially made to close their doors permanently. These nail salons are family owned and the only income coming in for their families.