Recently a judge in Florida ruled against the federal mask mandate for travelers. This news is the latest in a long line of mask mandates lifted across the country. Despite COVID-19 cases averaging nearly 400 deaths per day, masking and other restrictions are lifting.
As a business owner, you might have taken comfort in the safety of masking mandates to protect your employees and customers. Or, you might have disagreed with it and are happy to see it go. Either way, masking is becoming less common, which means that increased transmission of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases will occur. Small business owners can still enforce masking in their businesses, but that can be difficult to implement with uncooperative customers.
So, what steps can you take to keep everyone safe, even if masks are gone? First, stick to the basics that have protected you and your business so far, like cleaning high-touch areas regularly, setting up hand sanitizing stations, cleaning and then disinfecting, and giving your customers and employees space to social distance. These tools work to cut back on the transmission of COVID-19 and other illnesses.
The new variant BA.2 is much more transmissible and causes more sneezing and coughing for the infected. Even though COVID-19 is airborne, it’s still essential to recognize the risk of droplet transmission from sneezing and coughing. High-touch areas like railings, buttons, and doorways can contain microscopic bacteria transferred from dirty hands or the mouth. Regularly cleaning and sanitizing these areas is essential, but that only last until the next sneeze or cough, and with no more masks in place, errant sneezes and coughs will be more likely to happen!
However, if you get these surfaces treated with the Microshield 360 system, you can have more peace of mind. This unique antimicrobial system forms a protective barrier that kills bacteria on contact between cleanings across the treated surface. So if you get your business surfaces treated, you don’t have to worry about the surface transmission of various germs and bacteria between cleanings.
We know that navigating COVID-19 right now is difficult. It’s hard to know what steps to take to protect yourself and your business. That’s why were are here to help with commercial cleaning services and additional services like the MicroShield 360 system. If you require our cleaning expertise, give us a call! (801) 994-6924
