Results of community business survey on masking
Aug 17, 2021 03:28PM ● By Editor
By Jim Boyd, Executive Director, Cook County Chamber of Commerce - August 17, 2021
Over the weekend, the Chamber and Visit Cook County ran a survey of business attitudes toward going back to masking as a response to the COVID delta variant. Last week, Cook County Public Health Supervisor Grace Grinager issued an advisory recommending that everyone wear masks when they are indoors in public spaces. We wanted to know how businesses were responding.
We had 258 responses, which is a very good sample. About 55 percent said they were changing their policies because of Grinager's recommendation. When you add in an unknown number of businesses who were already requesting or requiring masks, that suggests a solid majority of businesses responding will be requesting or requiring masks.
Over the weekend, the Chamber and Visit Cook County ran a survey of business attitudes toward going back to masking as a response to the COVID delta variant. Last week, Cook County Public Health Supervisor Grace Grinager issued an advisory recommending that everyone wear masks when they are indoors in public spaces. We wanted to know how businesses were responding.
Drilling down, 246 answered the question about customers: Of those, 20 percent said they will request masking, 35 percent said they will require masking and the remaining 45 percent said they will leave masks entirely optional.
For employees, 247 responded, of which 9 percent said they will request that employees wear masks, 48 percent said they will require that employees wear masks and the remaining 43 percent would leave it up to the employee whether to mask or not.
So it would appear that masks will be either requested or required in a majority of Cook County businesses as a response to the delta variant and to Grinager's public health advisory.
Contact:
Jim Boyd
Executive Director
Cook County Chamber of Commerce
P.O. Box 805
Grand Marais, MN 55604
218-370-9665 (office/cell)
218-387-2466 (home)
