I continue to see little sense in the shutdown. We've been shut down for two weeks now, and cases continue to rise. When things were open during the summer and fall, cases did not rise. I do not see a correlation between the shutdown and a decrease in cases.
For those who would say "give it more time," no; by the time we "give it more time," we'll be attributing the rise in cases to a "holiday bump," which actually does make some sense.
Meanwhile, people can go into Walmart and put their grubby hands all over holiday decorations that they easily could have ordered online (yeah, that's essential!), but not get a haircut from someone who actually needs her small business to be open.
Correlation? Weather. That's about it.