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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n2020 has been a year that has changed many lives due to the outrageous outbreak of Coronavirus, otherwise known as COVID-19. This pandemic has had a profound impact on just about everyone, and this especially includes local businesses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many shops in Tucson have had to shut down due to a lack of customers and economic problems due to this pandemic. This has especially affected smaller, independent businesses that relied on loyal patrons who are staying home, quarantining. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOne way that I have been affected by COVID-19 is that I don\u2019t get as many clients as before,\u201d said Mr. Alberto Salazar, a barber from Tucson. \u201cA lot of these people are afraid of coming into the barbershop to get a haircut and exposing themselves to the virus, although everything is clean. They are just simply afraid to go into a public place where different people come in daily.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
COVID-19 has, in fact, affected barbering so much this past year that many barbershops have closed completely. Many barbers have had to quit their jobs due to little income. Barbers were not able to cut hair from their own home because they would get fined. Some businesses were allowed to open for a short time, but clients had to wear face masks, and barbers could not do their beards. Having facial hair cuts were, for some patrons, part of the process. Many patrons just stopped going to barbers altogether. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Instructor for Fade Master\u2019s Academy, Mr. Memo Kaphan, said, \u201cThe whole barber industry is hurting from something we can\u2019t control, and all we can do is promote ourselves through this bad time. When everything is normal again, we will have hopefully experience a major boost in our business.\u2019\u2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although businesses are fervid about disinfection, many patrons are still afraid of contracting COVID-19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t sell as much [food] anymore,\u201d said Mr. Riodel Salazar, a taco shop owner in Tucson. \u201cThe percentage of people who used to come before is very different than now. Not many families are seen, and the sales went down almost by half.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tucson, obviously, is not the only American city to have been adversely affected by COVID-19. According to Yelp, more than 163,000 businesses have closed as result of the Coronavirus\u2014nearly 100,000 of them permanently. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLet\u2019s all hope this ends soon, and we can all go back to our normal everyday lives,\u201d said Salazar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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