Reopening during a global pandemic is an unprecedented event for all businesses grappling with it today. The concerns and unknown risks about how to conduct business during the “new normal” are many. What is certain is that businesses cannot simply pick up where they left off, as COVID-19 is still very much with us and will be for the foreseeable future.

A storm was rolling in as I was about to write this column. The day sky darkened, with glints of sunlight creating a stark dreamlike landscape. The wind howled, as it arced the pouring rain forward like a mad sprinkler. Thunder bellowed in the distance, as small hail pelted the window I stood by, transfixed in thought, feeling a bit anxious, like everyone.

You can usually tell what Watergate Girl Jill Wine-Banks is thinking before she speaks. The former special prosecutor now legal analyst for MSNBC is always sporting a brooch, up high near her shoulders.