On this episode of the Sounds of Stonebridge, Jean Frankel and I spent the bulk of the show making observations from the first week of the latest phase of the new more relaxed guidelines. Jean was able to quote some interesting national poll numbers about how Americans feel about a wide variety of subjects as it relates to getting back into some of their regular habits and patterns. The poll was done by Quinnipiac University. Almost across the board, Americans are not running out of their homes all that quickly to resume their lives. I also spoke about my experience getting my first haircut since the stay at home order has been relaxed. I felt very safe and confident that the place I go was using proper sanitary guidelines. They let fewer people into the shop at one time, had fewer chairs and also made everyone wear masks. There was also no exceptions. What was also very interesting is that on my way out, I was asked to fill out a form with my name, address and phone number for contact tracing purposes. I know there are people that might object to that but I think it is a great idea. Contact tracing is one of the steps that we will need to ramp up if we ever hope to get things back to the New Abnormal" as I like to call it. Tune in tomorrow for Financial Friday. Tomorrow's guest will be Mark Rubin.
