SEARCHING FOR AN UPSIDE WHEN THE WORLD IS UPSIDE-DOWN

摘要

The novel coronavirus reared its ugly head around the beginning of the year, and by now (press time, which is early August) I thought I would be onto new topics, focusing on fall conventions and expositions, year-end planning, and Manufacturing Month. When schools shut down last spring, who really thought we'd still be using virtual learning in September? When employers sent their workforces home in March, who really thought that mandate would stick through the end of 2020, and maybe indefinitely? When state governments dictated the closures of nonessential businesses this spring, who among us thought that these restrictions wouldn't last past Easter? (My hand is raised.)