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A Familiar Rhyme: What the Spanish Flu and the Roaring Twenties Tell Us About What Comes After Covid-19

In 1918, an eerily familiar pandemic clenched a deadly grip on humankind. Erroneously referred to as the “Spanish Flu,” American state governments enforced business closures and issued stay-at-home orders to slow its spread. For essential outdoor travel, doctors prescribed the use of face masks, or “flu fences.” They might as well have been tackling an avalanche with a snow shovel. By the time the virus finally fizzled out in early 1919, an estimated 50 to 100 million lives had been lost worldwide. In America alone, the death toll reached an estimated 675,000 — more than every war in the 20th century combined. And yet, for the best part of the last century, this deadly killer went all but forgotten, and things would likely have remained that way were it not for our current quarantined existence.

The reasons for our collective memory lapse are as nuanced as they are numerous. A large portion of the blame can be attributed to the subjectivity of history, and the fact there was so much else happening at the time, from the First World War to a truly unprecedented period of wealth, innovation, and change best known as the Roaring Twenties. The way the virus hit, ravaging individual communities for a few weeks and then moving on, and the fact that scientists simply didn’t understand the nature of the illness, also played a part. But whatever the reasons, the deadliest pandemic in modern history was soon swept under the carpet of time.

By forgetting that the 1918 influenza ever happened, its influence on the subsequent decade — one of the most progressive and dynamic in American history — also goes ignored. But some who have studied the era believe the pandemic played a much greater role in shaping the Roaring Twenties than history textbooks give credit for. (As a benchmark, the Roaring Twenties is defined as the period between 1920 to the Wall Street crash at the end of 1929.)

With so many parallels between that outbreak and the circumstances surrounding Covid-19, one wonders whether a wafer-thin silver lining to the dark cloud of disease is that America may soon be ripe for another cultural renaissance. So VinePair reached out to drinks historians, university professors, and acclaimed bartenders to uncover the lessons we can learn from the past, and to speculate on what they might tell us about life after the coronavirus.

Examining the Historical Parallels

“It was who-gives-a-damn-we’re-all-gonna-die nihilism coupled with Prohibition in the U.S. that created the Roaring Twenties,” says Anistatia Miller, a British-based drinks historian and cocktail specialist. Framing the sentiments of the time, she adds: “Who cares if I drink bathtub gin and dance the night away? Another war could kill us, another pandemic could wipe us out.”

Had the pandemic not occurred, Miller believes that the end of World War I would not have had such a profound impact on society. “Look at subsequent wars: The Second World War, Korean War, Vietnam conflict, they led to conservatism, not blatant debauchery,” she explains. “Looking at the Roaring Twenties, the cabaret culture of the Weimar Republic, the cafe culture of the Bright Young Ones in London and Paris, they all had their twinge of decadence generated by nihilism.”

Others who have studied the era agree, but believe there are additional factors at play. “I would love to say [the 1918 pandemic] is the reason why women cut their dresses off at the knees and cut their hair, but I think that’s too simplistic,” says Dr. Jessica Spector, a Yale University professor of alcohol history, cocktails, and ethics, and a scholar of intellectual history and drinks culture.

Spector, who focuses on the ways in which cultural values are expressed through drink, is writing two papers on this specific time period. She instead describes the flu as “the preamble” to the Roaring Twenties. “The decade from 1918 to 1928 was one of radical change in almost every area of life you can imagine: home life, civil engineering, domestic and international relations, medicine, entertainment, politics, and civil rights,” she explains.

Women’s place in society drastically changed after winning the right to vote and gaining employment in roles that required professional certifications, like nursing. The introduction of the assembly line transformed the U.S. into a manufacturing powerhouse and global leader of industry. Newly available inventions such as radios, TV, and cinema forged significant cultural shifts. “You’ve got people listening to the same music and watching the same pictures; all of a sudden people can share a culture,” Spector says.

In some respects, one could argue we’re starting to see similar things happen now. Coronavirus has brought us together, figuratively speaking, in shared moments of appreciation for health care workers and via virtual happy hours and other online gatherings. These connections make the world feel smaller — so much so that one might question if  “social distancing” is the correct term, or whether “physical distancing” might be more appropriate.

Other parallels with the lead-up to the Roaring Twenties can be drawn from the grave state of the economy. According to financial analysts, we are almost certainly entangled in a deep recession. “I feel like the 2008 financial crisis was just a dry run for this,” Harvard economist Kenneth S. Rogoff told The New York Times. At first glance, that sentiment doesn’t mirror the financial prosperity enjoyed throughout most of the Roaring Twenties. But just two years before the decade began, America was gripped by a seven-month recession that was soon followed by an 18-month recession between 1920 and 1921.

Of course, any resemblances sketched between the 1920s and now must take into account the most significant event in America’s drinking history: Prohibition. But just as the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution did nothing to curb the consumption of alcohol, the lack of sales restrictions on alcohol (Pennsylvania, notwithstanding) does not negate the chances of another cultural renaissance.

“One thing we have learned from the 1918 flu pandemic, its precursor the Black Death, and [are] beginning to see from today’s Covid-19 pandemic, is that when it’s over, people will see-saw from isolation into some form of mega-socialization once again,” Miller says.

But exactly where that “mega-socialization” takes place is another question. Will drinks enthusiasts return to the bars and restaurants that have slaked their thirst and proven to be reliable social venues in the past, or will it unfold in the very spaces where we spent the pandemic — inside our own homes?

A New Era of Home Entertaining?

Many have shaken their first Daiquiri or landed upon their preferred Martini proportions during this pandemic (thanks, in no small part, to bartenders themselves and social media platforms). Those folks won’t forget those skills overnight, nor the fact that they now possess them. And as for that barrel-aged Manhattan they just spent months perfecting? People will certainly want to share a taste of that, rather than just Instagram snaps.

Others, meanwhile, have passed the hours sipping batched, to-go cocktails from their favorite bars and restaurants. When the government relaxes social distancing measures, some of those establishments may conclude that the pursuit of on-premise profits is no longer viable in a changed hospitality landscape. Instead, they could turn to launching ready-to-drink cocktail brands — a category that was already gaining popularity. That would certainly strike another tick in the column marked “staying home” rather than “going out.”

In Shanghai, one bar owner is already innovating with a new business model. Daniel An just opened cocktail dispensary Ready To Drink (RTD for short) in the city’s Xintiandi neighborhood. Derek Brown, a Washington D.C., bar owner and drinks expert, describes the innovative setup as a mix between “Cinnabon and a cocktail bar,” serving up pre-packaged cocktails, like the Shanghai Mule and Coffee Negroni, and fruit juices on tap that guests can spike with a selection of spirits. Brown says it shows us the path going forward if American legislation will allow it. “Now that we’ve seen the light, how can we go back?” he says.

And there’s good reason to believe many drinkers may be less than eager to make a beeline for bars and restaurants. Dr. Michael Scherer, an assistant professor at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, and a specialist in alcohol use and misuse, believes that the lasting societal effects of the coronavirus hinge on whether or not the virus is seasonal and if it returns in the fall, as many health professionals are speculating. “Come October, November, if it re-emerges, its impact on society and the hospitality industry will be more dramatic,” he says.

Scherer explains his theory using the analogy of a faulty car: Imagine you drive a car and it breaks down, he explains. After taking it to be fixed, the mechanic tells you, “It’s perfectly safe now, you have nothing to worry about.” But then, when you take the car out, it breaks down again.

“Two things are going to happen from that,” Scherer says: “You’re going to have less trust in the people that tell you that your car is OK, and even when you do go back out — you will again, eventually — you’ll always have some concern that your car could break down again.”

So just as many of us will be itching to get out and patronize our favorite eating and drinking establishments, many may continue to limit their trips outdoors to only the strictly necessary — even after stay-at-home guidelines relax.

There will, of course, always be exceptions to such rules. We’ve already glimpsed the nihilistic disregard of the 1920s in the form of drunken students “trying to make the most” of spring break on the beaches of Miami. “If I get corona, I get corona,” a particularly red-cheeked, glossy-eyed young man told CBS. “At the end of the day I’m not going to let it stop me from partying.”

“Younger people tend to feel a little bit more invincible,” Dr. Scherer says.

A Renaissance for Drinking Establishments?

Others will feel that a healthy dose of IRL social contact will be just what the doctor ordered when this pandemic eventually ends. “The obvious result of everyone being stuck home is that everyone is being forced to become a more proficient cook and bartender,” says acclaimed bartender, journalist, and author Jim Meehan. “While one might surmise that this might lead to more home entertainment in the future, I think it will actually have the opposite effect.”

As soon as the coast is clear, he says, and as long as people have money in their pockets, “they’ll yearn to return to bars and restaurants.”

But this notion hangs on the same thread of bars and restaurants surviving enforced closures and a subsequent recession. It also assumes there will be no capacity restrictions on venues like the kind briefly imposed before the introduction of stay-at-home measures. If those make a return — temporary or otherwise — old business models will no longer be viable, and many venues will be permanently shuttered.

Such restrictions also threaten the very philosophy behind going out to eat or drink.

“As long as people have been around, we’ve gathered around the fire and the watering hole; and that’s what restaurants really are: You get a cold drink and a hot meal and you’ve got the best of both worlds,” says John Clark-Ginnetti, owner of the New Haven cocktail bar 116 Crown and Dr. Spector’s co-teacher at Yale University. “If this is going to make us stand six feet apart at the watering hole, it’ll profoundly change everything we do, and we’ll have to rethink life as we know it.”

For some, those safety measures will be regarded with the nihilistic abandon of a gleaming-toothed Jay Gatsby. Others, meanwhile, may turn their efforts to perfecting their own private speakeasies. There’s no question that we’re heading into uncharted waters, and all we can really know is this: As sure as the sun shines, a new dawn of drinking is peeking over the horizon.

The article A Familiar Rhyme: What the Spanish Flu and the Roaring Twenties Tell Us About What Comes After Covid-19 appeared first on VinePair.

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A Familiar Rhyme: What the Spanish Flu and the Roaring Twenties Tell Us About What Comes After Covid-19

In 1918, an eerily familiar pandemic clenched a deadly grip on humankind. Erroneously referred to as the “Spanish Flu,” American state governments enforced business closures and issued stay-at-home orders to slow its spread. For essential outdoor travel, doctors prescribed the use of face masks, or “flu fences.” They might as well have been tackling an avalanche with a snow shovel. By the time the virus finally fizzled out in early 1919, an estimated 50 to 100 million lives had been lost worldwide. In America alone, the death toll reached an estimated 675,000 — more than every war in the 20th century combined. And yet, for the best part of the last century, this deadly killer went all but forgotten, and things would likely have remained that way were it not for our current quarantined existence.

The reasons for our collective memory lapse are as nuanced as they are numerous. A large portion of the blame can be attributed to the subjectivity of history, and the fact there was so much else happening at the time, from the First World War to a truly unprecedented period of wealth, innovation, and change best known as the Roaring Twenties. The way the virus hit, ravaging individual communities for a few weeks and then moving on, and the fact that scientists simply didn’t understand the nature of the illness, also played a part. But whatever the reasons, the deadliest pandemic in modern history was soon swept under the carpet of time.

By forgetting that the 1918 influenza ever happened, its influence on the subsequent decade — one of the most progressive and dynamic in American history — also goes ignored. But some who have studied the era believe the pandemic played a much greater role in shaping the Roaring Twenties than history textbooks give credit for. (As a benchmark, the Roaring Twenties is defined as the period between 1920 to the Wall Street crash at the end of 1929.)

With so many parallels between that outbreak and the circumstances surrounding Covid-19, one wonders whether a wafer-thin silver lining to the dark cloud of disease is that America may soon be ripe for another cultural renaissance. So VinePair reached out to drinks historians, university professors, and acclaimed bartenders to uncover the lessons we can learn from the past, and to speculate on what they might tell us about life after the coronavirus.

Examining the Historical Parallels

“It was who-gives-a-damn-we’re-all-gonna-die nihilism coupled with Prohibition in the U.S. that created the Roaring Twenties,” says Anistatia Miller, a British-based drinks historian and cocktail specialist. Framing the sentiments of the time, she adds: “Who cares if I drink bathtub gin and dance the night away? Another war could kill us, another pandemic could wipe us out.”

Had the pandemic not occurred, Miller believes that the end of World War I would not have had such a profound impact on society. “Look at subsequent wars: The Second World War, Korean War, Vietnam conflict, they led to conservatism, not blatant debauchery,” she explains. “Looking at the Roaring Twenties, the cabaret culture of the Weimar Republic, the cafe culture of the Bright Young Ones in London and Paris, they all had their twinge of decadence generated by nihilism.”

Others who have studied the era agree, but believe there are additional factors at play. “I would love to say [the 1918 pandemic] is the reason why women cut their dresses off at the knees and cut their hair, but I think that’s too simplistic,” says Dr. Jessica Spector, a Yale University professor of alcohol history, cocktails, and ethics, and a scholar of intellectual history and drinks culture.

Spector, who focuses on the ways in which cultural values are expressed through drink, is writing two papers on this specific time period. She instead describes the flu as “the preamble” to the Roaring Twenties. “The decade from 1918 to 1928 was one of radical change in almost every area of life you can imagine: home life, civil engineering, domestic and international relations, medicine, entertainment, politics, and civil rights,” she explains.

Women’s place in society drastically changed after winning the right to vote and gaining employment in roles that required professional certifications, like nursing. The introduction of the assembly line transformed the U.S. into a manufacturing powerhouse and global leader of industry. Newly available inventions such as radios, TV, and cinema forged significant cultural shifts. “You’ve got people listening to the same music and watching the same pictures; all of a sudden people can share a culture,” Spector says.

In some respects, one could argue we’re starting to see similar things happen now. Coronavirus has brought us together, figuratively speaking, in shared moments of appreciation for health care workers and via virtual happy hours and other online gatherings. These connections make the world feel smaller — so much so that one might question if  “social distancing” is the correct term, or whether “physical distancing” might be more appropriate.

Other parallels with the lead-up to the Roaring Twenties can be drawn from the grave state of the economy. According to financial analysts, we are almost certainly entangled in a deep recession. “I feel like the 2008 financial crisis was just a dry run for this,” Harvard economist Kenneth S. Rogoff told The New York Times. At first glance, that sentiment doesn’t mirror the financial prosperity enjoyed throughout most of the Roaring Twenties. But just two years before the decade began, America was gripped by a seven-month recession that was soon followed by an 18-month recession between 1920 and 1921.

Of course, any resemblances sketched between the 1920s and now must take into account the most significant event in America’s drinking history: Prohibition. But just as the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution did nothing to curb the consumption of alcohol, the lack of sales restrictions on alcohol (Pennsylvania, notwithstanding) does not negate the chances of another cultural renaissance.

“One thing we have learned from the 1918 flu pandemic, its precursor the Black Death, and [are] beginning to see from today’s Covid-19 pandemic, is that when it’s over, people will see-saw from isolation into some form of mega-socialization once again,” Miller says.

But exactly where that “mega-socialization” takes place is another question. Will drinks enthusiasts return to the bars and restaurants that have slaked their thirst and proven to be reliable social venues in the past, or will it unfold in the very spaces where we spent the pandemic — inside our own homes?

A New Era of Home Entertaining?

Many have shaken their first Daiquiri or landed upon their preferred Martini proportions during this pandemic (thanks, in no small part, to bartenders themselves and social media platforms). Those folks won’t forget those skills overnight, nor the fact that they now possess them. And as for that barrel-aged Manhattan they just spent months perfecting? People will certainly want to share a taste of that, rather than just Instagram snaps.

Others, meanwhile, have passed the hours sipping batched, to-go cocktails from their favorite bars and restaurants. When the government relaxes social distancing measures, some of those establishments may conclude that the pursuit of on-premise profits is no longer viable in a changed hospitality landscape. Instead, they could turn to launching ready-to-drink cocktail brands — a category that was already gaining popularity. That would certainly strike another tick in the column marked “staying home” rather than “going out.”

In Shanghai, one bar owner is already innovating with a new business model. Daniel An just opened cocktail dispensary Ready To Drink (RTD for short) in the city’s Xintiandi neighborhood. Derek Brown, a Washington D.C., bar owner and drinks expert, describes the innovative setup as a mix between “Cinnabon and a cocktail bar,” serving up pre-packaged cocktails, like the Shanghai Mule and Coffee Negroni, and fruit juices on tap that guests can spike with a selection of spirits. Brown says it shows us the path going forward if American legislation will allow it. “Now that we’ve seen the light, how can we go back?” he says.

And there’s good reason to believe many drinkers may be less than eager to make a beeline for bars and restaurants. Dr. Michael Scherer, an assistant professor at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, and a specialist in alcohol use and misuse, believes that the lasting societal effects of the coronavirus hinge on whether or not the virus is seasonal and if it returns in the fall, as many health professionals are speculating. “Come October, November, if it re-emerges, its impact on society and the hospitality industry will be more dramatic,” he says.

Scherer explains his theory using the analogy of a faulty car: Imagine you drive a car and it breaks down, he explains. After taking it to be fixed, the mechanic tells you, “It’s perfectly safe now, you have nothing to worry about.” But then, when you take the car out, it breaks down again.

“Two things are going to happen from that,” Scherer says: “You’re going to have less trust in the people that tell you that your car is OK, and even when you do go back out — you will again, eventually — you’ll always have some concern that your car could break down again.”

So just as many of us will be itching to get out and patronize our favorite eating and drinking establishments, many may continue to limit their trips outdoors to only the strictly necessary — even after stay-at-home guidelines relax.

There will, of course, always be exceptions to such rules. We’ve already glimpsed the nihilistic disregard of the 1920s in the form of drunken students “trying to make the most” of spring break on the beaches of Miami. “If I get corona, I get corona,” a particularly red-cheeked, glossy-eyed young man told CBS. “At the end of the day I’m not going to let it stop me from partying.”

“Younger people tend to feel a little bit more invincible,” Dr. Scherer says.

A Renaissance for Drinking Establishments?

Others will feel that a healthy dose of IRL social contact will be just what the doctor ordered when this pandemic eventually ends. “The obvious result of everyone being stuck home is that everyone is being forced to become a more proficient cook and bartender,” says acclaimed bartender, journalist, and author Jim Meehan. “While one might surmise that this might lead to more home entertainment in the future, I think it will actually have the opposite effect.”

As soon as the coast is clear, he says, and as long as people have money in their pockets, “they’ll yearn to return to bars and restaurants.”

But this notion hangs on the same thread of bars and restaurants surviving enforced closures and a subsequent recession. It also assumes there will be no capacity restrictions on venues like the kind briefly imposed before the introduction of stay-at-home measures. If those make a return — temporary or otherwise — old business models will no longer be viable, and many venues will be permanently shuttered.

Such restrictions also threaten the very philosophy behind going out to eat or drink.

“As long as people have been around, we’ve gathered around the fire and the watering hole; and that’s what restaurants really are: You get a cold drink and a hot meal and you’ve got the best of both worlds,” says John Clark-Ginnetti, owner of the New Haven cocktail bar 116 Crown and Dr. Spector’s co-teacher at Yale University. “If this is going to make us stand six feet apart at the watering hole, it’ll profoundly change everything we do, and we’ll have to rethink life as we know it.”

For some, those safety measures will be regarded with the nihilistic abandon of a gleaming-toothed Jay Gatsby. Others, meanwhile, may turn their efforts to perfecting their own private speakeasies. There’s no question that we’re heading into uncharted waters, and all we can really know is this: As sure as the sun shines, a new dawn of drinking is peeking over the horizon.

The article A Familiar Rhyme: What the Spanish Flu and the Roaring Twenties Tell Us About What Comes After Covid-19 appeared first on VinePair.

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A Familiar Rhyme: What the Spanish Flu and the Roaring Twenties Tell Us About What Comes After Covid-19

In 1918, an eerily familiar pandemic clenched a deadly grip on humankind. Erroneously referred to as the “Spanish Flu,” American state governments enforced business closures and issued stay-at-home orders to slow its spread. For essential outdoor travel, doctors prescribed the use of face masks, or “flu fences.” They might as well have been tackling an avalanche with a snow shovel. By the time the virus finally fizzled out in early 1919, an estimated 50 to 100 million lives had been lost worldwide. In America alone, the death toll reached an estimated 675,000 — more than every war in the 20th century combined. And yet, for the best part of the last century, this deadly killer went all but forgotten, and things would likely have remained that way were it not for our current quarantined existence.

The reasons for our collective memory lapse are as nuanced as they are numerous. A large portion of the blame can be attributed to the subjectivity of history, and the fact there was so much else happening at the time, from the First World War to a truly unprecedented period of wealth, innovation, and change best known as the Roaring Twenties. The way the virus hit, ravaging individual communities for a few weeks and then moving on, and the fact that scientists simply didn’t understand the nature of the illness, also played a part. But whatever the reasons, the deadliest pandemic in modern history was soon swept under the carpet of time.

By forgetting that the 1918 influenza ever happened, its influence on the subsequent decade — one of the most progressive and dynamic in American history — also goes ignored. But some who have studied the era believe the pandemic played a much greater role in shaping the Roaring Twenties than history textbooks give credit for. (As a benchmark, the Roaring Twenties is defined as the period between 1920 to the Wall Street crash at the end of 1929.)

With so many parallels between that outbreak and the circumstances surrounding Covid-19, one wonders whether a wafer-thin silver lining to the dark cloud of disease is that America may soon be ripe for another cultural renaissance. So VinePair reached out to drinks historians, university professors, and acclaimed bartenders to uncover the lessons we can learn from the past, and to speculate on what they might tell us about life after the coronavirus.

Examining the Historical Parallels

“It was who-gives-a-damn-we’re-all-gonna-die nihilism coupled with Prohibition in the U.S. that created the Roaring Twenties,” says Anistatia Miller, a British-based drinks historian and cocktail specialist. Framing the sentiments of the time, she adds: “Who cares if I drink bathtub gin and dance the night away? Another war could kill us, another pandemic could wipe us out.”

Had the pandemic not occurred, Miller believes that the end of World War I would not have had such a profound impact on society. “Look at subsequent wars: The Second World War, Korean War, Vietnam conflict, they led to conservatism, not blatant debauchery,” she explains. “Looking at the Roaring Twenties, the cabaret culture of the Weimar Republic, the cafe culture of the Bright Young Ones in London and Paris, they all had their twinge of decadence generated by nihilism.”

Others who have studied the era agree, but believe there are additional factors at play. “I would love to say [the 1918 pandemic] is the reason why women cut their dresses off at the knees and cut their hair, but I think that’s too simplistic,” says Dr. Jessica Spector, a Yale University professor of alcohol history, cocktails, and ethics, and a scholar of intellectual history and drinks culture.

Spector, who focuses on the ways in which cultural values are expressed through drink, is writing two papers on this specific time period. She instead describes the flu as “the preamble” to the Roaring Twenties. “The decade from 1918 to 1928 was one of radical change in almost every area of life you can imagine: home life, civil engineering, domestic and international relations, medicine, entertainment, politics, and civil rights,” she explains.

Women’s place in society drastically changed after winning the right to vote and gaining employment in roles that required professional certifications, like nursing. The introduction of the assembly line transformed the U.S. into a manufacturing powerhouse and global leader of industry. Newly available inventions such as radios, TV, and cinema forged significant cultural shifts. “You’ve got people listening to the same music and watching the same pictures; all of a sudden people can share a culture,” Spector says.

In some respects, one could argue we’re starting to see similar things happen now. Coronavirus has brought us together, figuratively speaking, in shared moments of appreciation for health care workers and via virtual happy hours and other online gatherings. These connections make the world feel smaller — so much so that one might question if  “social distancing” is the correct term, or whether “physical distancing” might be more appropriate.

Other parallels with the lead-up to the Roaring Twenties can be drawn from the grave state of the economy. According to financial analysts, we are almost certainly entangled in a deep recession. “I feel like the 2008 financial crisis was just a dry run for this,” Harvard economist Kenneth S. Rogoff told The New York Times. At first glance, that sentiment doesn’t mirror the financial prosperity enjoyed throughout most of the Roaring Twenties. But just two years before the decade began, America was gripped by a seven-month recession that was soon followed by an 18-month recession between 1920 and 1921.

Of course, any resemblances sketched between the 1920s and now must take into account the most significant event in America’s drinking history: Prohibition. But just as the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution did nothing to curb the consumption of alcohol, the lack of sales restrictions on alcohol (Pennsylvania, notwithstanding) does not negate the chances of another cultural renaissance.

“One thing we have learned from the 1918 flu pandemic, its precursor the Black Death, and [are] beginning to see from today’s Covid-19 pandemic, is that when it’s over, people will see-saw from isolation into some form of mega-socialization once again,” Miller says.

But exactly where that “mega-socialization” takes place is another question. Will drinks enthusiasts return to the bars and restaurants that have slaked their thirst and proven to be reliable social venues in the past, or will it unfold in the very spaces where we spent the pandemic — inside our own homes?

A New Era of Home Entertaining?

Many have shaken their first Daiquiri or landed upon their preferred Martini proportions during this pandemic (thanks, in no small part, to bartenders themselves and social media platforms). Those folks won’t forget those skills overnight, nor the fact that they now possess them. And as for that barrel-aged Manhattan they just spent months perfecting? People will certainly want to share a taste of that, rather than just Instagram snaps.

Others, meanwhile, have passed the hours sipping batched, to-go cocktails from their favorite bars and restaurants. When the government relaxes social distancing measures, some of those establishments may conclude that the pursuit of on-premise profits is no longer viable in a changed hospitality landscape. Instead, they could turn to launching ready-to-drink cocktail brands — a category that was already gaining popularity. That would certainly strike another tick in the column marked “staying home” rather than “going out.”

In Shanghai, one bar owner is already innovating with a new business model. Daniel An just opened cocktail dispensary Ready To Drink (RTD for short) in the city’s Xintiandi neighborhood. Derek Brown, a Washington D.C., bar owner and drinks expert, describes the innovative setup as a mix between “Cinnabon and a cocktail bar,” serving up pre-packaged cocktails, like the Shanghai Mule and Coffee Negroni, and fruit juices on tap that guests can spike with a selection of spirits. Brown says it shows us the path going forward if American legislation will allow it. “Now that we’ve seen the light, how can we go back?” he says.

And there’s good reason to believe many drinkers may be less than eager to make a beeline for bars and restaurants. Dr. Michael Scherer, an assistant professor at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, and a specialist in alcohol use and misuse, believes that the lasting societal effects of the coronavirus hinge on whether or not the virus is seasonal and if it returns in the fall, as many health professionals are speculating. “Come October, November, if it re-emerges, its impact on society and the hospitality industry will be more dramatic,” he says.

Scherer explains his theory using the analogy of a faulty car: Imagine you drive a car and it breaks down, he explains. After taking it to be fixed, the mechanic tells you, “It’s perfectly safe now, you have nothing to worry about.” But then, when you take the car out, it breaks down again.

“Two things are going to happen from that,” Scherer says: “You’re going to have less trust in the people that tell you that your car is OK, and even when you do go back out — you will again, eventually — you’ll always have some concern that your car could break down again.”

So just as many of us will be itching to get out and patronize our favorite eating and drinking establishments, many may continue to limit their trips outdoors to only the strictly necessary — even after stay-at-home guidelines relax.

There will, of course, always be exceptions to such rules. We’ve already glimpsed the nihilistic disregard of the 1920s in the form of drunken students “trying to make the most” of spring break on the beaches of Miami. “If I get corona, I get corona,” a particularly red-cheeked, glossy-eyed young man told CBS. “At the end of the day I’m not going to let it stop me from partying.”

“Younger people tend to feel a little bit more invincible,” Dr. Scherer says.

A Renaissance for Drinking Establishments?

Others will feel that a healthy dose of IRL social contact will be just what the doctor ordered when this pandemic eventually ends. “The obvious result of everyone being stuck home is that everyone is being forced to become a more proficient cook and bartender,” says acclaimed bartender, journalist, and author Jim Meehan. “While one might surmise that this might lead to more home entertainment in the future, I think it will actually have the opposite effect.”

As soon as the coast is clear, he says, and as long as people have money in their pockets, “they’ll yearn to return to bars and restaurants.”

But this notion hangs on the same thread of bars and restaurants surviving enforced closures and a subsequent recession. It also assumes there will be no capacity restrictions on venues like the kind briefly imposed before the introduction of stay-at-home measures. If those make a return — temporary or otherwise — old business models will no longer be viable, and many venues will be permanently shuttered.

Such restrictions also threaten the very philosophy behind going out to eat or drink.

“As long as people have been around, we’ve gathered around the fire and the watering hole; and that’s what restaurants really are: You get a cold drink and a hot meal and you’ve got the best of both worlds,” says John Clark-Ginnetti, owner of the New Haven cocktail bar 116 Crown and Dr. Spector’s co-teacher at Yale University. “If this is going to make us stand six feet apart at the watering hole, it’ll profoundly change everything we do, and we’ll have to rethink life as we know it.”

For some, those safety measures will be regarded with the nihilistic abandon of a gleaming-toothed Jay Gatsby. Others, meanwhile, may turn their efforts to perfecting their own private speakeasies. There’s no question that we’re heading into uncharted waters, and all we can really know is this: As sure as the sun shines, a new dawn of drinking is peeking over the horizon.

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The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is going online. (Check out the thirty below.)  Now, officially; the oldest and largest fringe festival has been canceled because of the pandemic. But the festival wants to “Keep the Fringe spirit alive” by encouraging theater companies to put their shows online. This offers New York theatergoers a chance to get a Fringe fix in August for the first time since 2016, when the International Fringe Festival celebrated its 20th anniversary, then shut down for a year — and then announced it was moving to Octobe

Edinburgh’s Fringe is not New York’s  Fringe. It’s unjuried, and it’s….overwhelming. In 2018, there were reportedly 3,548 different shows performed in 317 venues; in 2019, more than three million people attended, which was more than six times the entire population of this city in Scotland.  The New York Fringe never had more than 75,000 theatergoers attending some (juried) 200 shows in 16 venues.

There was never a way to offer an adequate preview of the Edinburgh Fringe (the way I did every year of the New York Fringe), and it’s not much easier now when Edinburgh is coming to your living room — or, in at least one case, your bathroom.

“Play In Your Bathtub,” an audio play that I reviewed when it debuted in April is going to Edinburgh. It’s one of eighty shows “all written and produced in lockdown” that are being presented for free over the next three weeks at The Space UK, which this year is a virtual space. This is just one venue at Virtual Edinburgh, but even 80 is too much. So below are the 30 that are going online starting this Saturday, August 8th at TheSpaceUK  website. A new batch of roughly the same number will go online every Saturday for the rest of August. Click on each poster to read the descriptions.

For what it’s worth, the ones that most intrigue me include two from the Edinburgh-based Anomaly Theatre Company: “Interrodated, “He thinks he’s interrogating a suspect. She thinks she’s on a blind date. This is not going to end well.” “Glitch” A driverless car runs over a woman, and has to learn grief. and “Bookshelf Ballad,” in which the books we always see behind the TV pundits are given voice to say what THEY are thinking.

after/before Out of Kilter Theatre Struggling with feelings of loss and detachment Alicia, waking from a vivid dream, is disorientated; is she really awake? Then an unlikely companion offers an opportunity to find an answer … and perhaps a chance for the contact she craves. @outofkiltermcr

After the Turn: The Mystery of Bly Manor Nine Knocks Theatre Five years after the tragedy of Bly Manor, the world wants answers. Now researchers begin to uncover the sinister truth. Based on Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw, Nine Knocks presents a modernised tale of the ghosts within ourselves. @Nine_Knocks

At the Ghostlight Blue Fire Theatre Co. An Elizabethan Superstar and a heroine of Music Hall meet at the theatre ghostlight and have a “water cooler moment”. Whilst they muse over their life choices, the stars of their rivals, Will Shakespeare and Marie Lloyd shine ever brighter. @bluefire_tc

Awakening The Nottingham New Theatre ‘AWAKENING’ explores the dangers of forced ignorance and deception when it comes to the lives of young people; a group of schoolchildren trying to navigate the unknowns of adolescence leads to disastrous consequences. @thenewtheatre

Being Posy Four in a Bed Theatre Company A reflective look at coming of age, coming out and coming some conclusions. Written during lockdown uncertainty, Posy explores sexuality, friendships and standing out whilst fitting in this light hearted and heart warming show.

Bookshelf Ballad Anne Rabbitt What are the books saying behind the TV pundits? Using only titles found on her own shelves, Anne gives them voice in a poignant poem that is both tender and funny. You’ll never arrange your books alphabetically again. @RabbittAnne

Boom Room Our Star Theatre Company Adrian bravely attempts to enter the Boom Room for a school reunion. However, technological and personal challenges along the way lead to an experience that will probably resound with many people right now, as he struggles to be digitally woke! @ourstartheatre

Bubble Show with Dr Bubble and Milkshake Bubble Laboratory Ecological Bubble Show presents different ways we can save the planet through bubbles. Physical comedy with environmental awareness and bubbles, it contains square and smoke-filled bubbles, rainbows, spinning carousels, vortexes, juggle bubbles, bubble snakes, floating bubbles and a grand finale.

Coronavirus Underwood’s New Taskforce Grubby Gnome Productions Goodly folks the country over volunteer to help the aged and infirm during lockdown. Except in Underwood, where the people who volunteer have ulterior motives more to do with helping themselves rather than others. Apart from Felicity of course.

Defying GraviTT The Fabulous TT With 2020 hindsight (magnified by her new designer reading glasses) The Fabulous TT aka Tish Tindall asks where the year has gone, why she will never be painted green, and what on earth happened to her under-there-webcam-wear? @FabMusicals

Detachment Blueberry Goose Theatre Group A 10-minute drama, set in COVID-19 lockdown and inspired by real events, about lust, betrayal, revenge and tins of pain(t). @goose_group

Glitch Anomaly Theatre Company First we taught Artificial Intelligence to drive. Then we taught it to feel. But when a driverless car runs over Neil’s girlfriend, both Neil and the A.I. are having to learn grief. Is emotion just a glitch in our programming? @AnomalyTheatre

Haunted Three Chairs and a Hat Do you believe in ghosts? When there’s no-one else in the house, it can be difficult to decide. Three Chairs and a Hat present HAUNTED, a study of isolation and obsession, written and performed by Nia Williams. @ChairsHat

Hyper-Nice: Passive Aggresive Co-vid Poetry David Watson Comedy Poetry born in lockdown . The new hell of the Friday night zoom cocktail hour and the schadenfreude behind the Thursday Clap provide the subject matter for poetry @hypernice2

Interrodated Anomaly Theatre Company He thinks he’s interrogating a suspect. She thinks she’s on a blind date. This is not going to end well. @AnomalyTheatre

Lockdown Drag-out Batty Hatsters At first, Audrey revels in the unexpected gift of time at home, but outside influences force changes that could destroy her and all she has worked so hard to achieve.

Love , Loss and Quarantine The Swells A brief story with three songs, rejoicing in new-found love during lockdown after the pain of personal bereavement. A 15-minute show that was put together two metres apart without breathing!

Play in Your Bathtub Flying Solo! and This Is Not A Theatre Company This Immersive Audio Spa for Physical Distancing is a site-specific immersive experience taking place in your own bathtub (or a foot bath or bucket of water). Join us for poetry, singing, and Dances for Small Appendages. Soundtrack at thisisnotatheatrecompany@gmail.com @notatheatreco

Rehearsal Etiquette Swell Theatre This short play captures one small theatre company’s attempt to rehearse for their new musical during lockdown, an online rehearsal spirals into chaos as they discover that rehearsing online is easier said than done. @swelltheatre

The Silly and Unnecessary Variety Show Lori Hamilton Live from New York, it’s comedian Lori Hamilton’s one-woman variety show. Featuring Opera Product Placement • Lori’s Cats Tell Kid’s Jokes • Winning at Work During Covid • A Tipsy Midwest Mom • Audience Questions!! What more could you ask for? Cats @TheLoriHamilton

Spring The Nottingham New Theatre ‘SPRING’ tells the story of a group of teenagers, as they rebel against their controlling parents, struggle to navigate love, and deal with tragedies around them; they begin to discover their individuality, their sexuality, and ultimately their freedom of choice. @thenewtheatre

The Murder(ed) Musketeers Highly Suspect Join acclaimed ‘Mystery maestros’ Highly Suspect for a hilarious interactive online murder mystery which you, the audience, must solve! There’s a fiendish plot, evidence to examine, and cryptic clues to crack, but can you catch the killer and deduce whodunnit

The Plague Thing Putney Theatre Company Enid’s enjoyment of her twilight years has been overshadowed by government guidelines produced for care homes in response to a global pandemic. In this moving monologue, Enid invites you into her world in the age of lockdown. @PutneyTheatreCo

The Van Raised Voices Life is hard just now, for everyone. For those who’s life was hard before though, well you can imagine. Watch a snapshot into the lives of some who struggled with everyday life in normal times, you might just be surprised.

The Writings on the Wallpaper Paper Dolls Theatre A light-hearted comedy following the clueless Tim and Samantha, as they sit down to interview hopeful applicants for their brand new tech firm. Get your CV ready as we beg the question… ‘on the scale of 1 to 10’ @paperdolls2020

Those Girls JAM Productions Those Girls shines a light on the important issues riddling our youth today: sexual abuse, discrimination and mental health. Award winner, Abigail Cook’s poem, “How We Survive (Girlhood)” is reinvented and reimagined in this striking, hopeful piece of digital theatre.

Too bored to stay in, too scared to go out! Nigel Osner Cabaret songs and monologues reflecting the varying implications of Covid-19 for male and female characters. ‘Tremendously talented and very entertaining’ and Fringe Review said ’a performer with finesse and charm’ (Scotsman) @nigelosner

Under Heaven’s Eyes Christopher Tajah A new 45 minute solo-play which asks; Did George Floyd’s killing mark a turning point for real change or another false dawn? While exploring how systemic and systematic societal racism squeezes’ BAME communities to the margins. @ctajahofficial

Until the Ad Break Maverick Charles Productions Until the Ad Break is an absurd comedy sketch set just before the end of the world. Follow plucky daytime TV hosts Francine, Dale, and their weather reporter Gabriel as they come to terms with impending apocalypse live on air. @MCharlesProd

When Judas Met John – songs of Dylan and Lennon Brothers Broke Irish duo Brothers Broke compare, adapt and perform selected songs by both artists, and consider their compositions and influences on each other.Presented in an acoustic bluesy style with tight sibling harmonies.

Edinburgh Fringe in Your Home! The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is going online. (Check out the thirty below.)  Now, officially; the oldest and largest fringe festival has been canceled because of the pandemic.

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Miami-Dade outlines proposed reopening plan to start Monday, but it’s far from a return to normal

Miami Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez (Credit: Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images)

Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez released a 184-page guide for reopening, with the first businesses opening their doors on Monday, pending approval from the governor’s office.

The color-coded guide outlines proposed rules for retail, office buildings, shopping centers, trade and logistics, restaurants and hotels, as well as other businesses.

The county’s proposed guidelines suggest that the following establishments will be opening at a later date: bars, pubs, night clubs, banquet halls, cocktail lounges, cabarets, and breweries; movie theaters, concert houses, auditoriums, playhouses, bowling alleys, arcades, gyms and fitness studios, pools and hot tubs, tattoo shops and massage parlors.

Hotels are expected to reopen in June, though no date has been provided.

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Broward County is expected to begin opening on Monday, along with Miami-Dade. Palm Beach County entered phase one of reopening this past Monday, with restaurants allowed to operate at 25 percent capacity.

In Miami Beach, the city is proposing to reopen retail, museums, and salons and barber shops on Wednesday, May 20, at reduced capacities. Individual cities within Miami-Dade could reopen with stricter guidelines than those put in place by the county and state. Miami Beach, Miami, Miami Gardens, Doral and Hialeah are working together on a coordinated reopening that would begin after the overall county. Restaurants in Miami and Miami Beach, for example, would be allowed to open their dining rooms May 27.

Non-essential businesses in Miami-Dade were ordered to close March 19. The rest of the state followed. (Construction has been considered an essential business in Florida.) The rest of the state, other than Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach, was allowed to reopen last week, including the Florida Keys.

Gimenez’s latest plan, which is subject to approval from Gov. Ron DeSantis, is proposing to allow up to 50 percent capacity for restaurants. DeSantis’ statewide reopening order capped capacity at 25 percent.

The new color-coded plan begins with red, with only essential businesses allowed to operate; and moves to orange, in which some parks and open spaces reopened with social distancing and facial covering requirements in place. Miami-Dade began reopening parks and open spaces on April 29, though beaches are still closed.

Next is yellow, a phase that would allow for the limited opening of non-essential businesses – like malls and salons and barbershops – with “strict capacity requirements,” social distancing and face covering requirements. In the green phase, more businesses and facilities would be allowed to reopen and capacity requirements would expand, but social distancing and face coverings would still be required.

In the final color, blue, a “new normal” would be put into place, with social distancing and face coverings encouraged.

Though real estate offices and certain services are considered essential, showings would be allowed to resume under the yellow section in the county’s plan, along with retail and office.

Hotels, personal grooming establishments, theaters, tour operators, pools, gyms and other wellness venues, bars, community centers, playgrounds would be in later opening phases.

Hand sanitizer dispensers, physical lines to create separations, employee and non-employee protection, installations of HVAC filters, disinfection protocols, capacity limits for elevators, quarantine rooms, shutting down common areas whenever possible, and ensuring a minimum of six feet between people are all included in the guidelines.

The proposed rules show a glimpse into how different the return to normal will be. To view the full guide, click here.

Retail

Retail stores would have to establish one entrance point. Customers wouldn’t be able to handle or try on merchandise without it being properly cleaned, and cart and basket handles will have to be sanitized between uses. Valet services for cars would be eliminated.

Personal grooming

Customers would have to maintain at least six feet between each other, unless they’re families who live together. Capacity would be limited to 10 people, or 25 percent of the occupancy – whichever is smaller. Plexiglass barriers should be installed between salon chairs, and all services will require an appointment. No walk-ins will be allowed.

Office buildings

All visitors and tenants would be required to wash their hands when they enter an office building and wear face coverings while in the building. Offices with cubicles or open floor plans must establish the minimum of six feet of social distancing, or install physical barriers between workstations. Offices should also stagger arrival times of employees, alternate employees coming to the office and encourage working from home.

Restaurants

Restaurants with outdoor dining would have to “consider the impact of inclement weather” when creating their operational plan, including what to do if it rains. Miami-Dade is proposed no more than 50 percent of building occupancy, with outdoor seating maintaining similar distancing. All bar counters must remain closed to seating. Tables will be limited to four people, unless everyone is from the same household.

Hotels

In addition to increased cleaning protocols in the rooms, common areas and check-in desks, guests will be required to only congregate with people from the same household. Both guests and workers will also have to wear masks in all common areas. Elevators will be marked to show the proper distance among people. Hotel employees will be required to undergo training to comply with the new regulations. Valet will not be an option where onsite parking is available.

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A Familiar Rhyme: What the Spanish Flu and the Roaring Twenties Tell Us About What Comes After Covid-19

In 1918, an eerily familiar pandemic clenched a deadly grip on humankind. Erroneously referred to as the “Spanish Flu,” American state governments enforced business closures and issued stay-at-home orders to slow its spread. For essential outdoor travel, doctors prescribed the use of face masks, or “flu fences.” They might as well have been tackling an avalanche with a snow shovel. By the time the virus finally fizzled out in early 1919, an estimated 50 to 100 million lives had been lost worldwide. In America alone, the death toll reached an estimated 675,000 — more than every war in the 20th century combined. And yet, for the best part of the last century, this deadly killer went all but forgotten, and things would likely have remained that way were it not for our current quarantined existence.

The reasons for our collective memory lapse are as nuanced as they are numerous. A large portion of the blame can be attributed to the subjectivity of history, and the fact there was so much else happening at the time, from the First World War to a truly unprecedented period of wealth, innovation, and change best known as the Roaring Twenties. The way the virus hit, ravaging individual communities for a few weeks and then moving on, and the fact that scientists simply didn’t understand the nature of the illness, also played a part. But whatever the reasons, the deadliest pandemic in modern history was soon swept under the carpet of time.

By forgetting that the 1918 influenza ever happened, its influence on the subsequent decade — one of the most progressive and dynamic in American history — also goes ignored. But some who have studied the era believe the pandemic played a much greater role in shaping the Roaring Twenties than history textbooks give credit for. (As a benchmark, the Roaring Twenties is defined as the period between 1920 to the Wall Street crash at the end of 1929.)

With so many parallels between that outbreak and the circumstances surrounding Covid-19, one wonders whether a wafer-thin silver lining to the dark cloud of disease is that America may soon be ripe for another cultural renaissance. So VinePair reached out to drinks historians, university professors, and acclaimed bartenders to uncover the lessons we can learn from the past, and to speculate on what they might tell us about life after the coronavirus.

Examining the Historical Parallels

“It was who-gives-a-damn-we’re-all-gonna-die nihilism coupled with Prohibition in the U.S. that created the Roaring Twenties,” says Anistatia Miller, a British-based drinks historian and cocktail specialist. Framing the sentiments of the time, she adds: “Who cares if I drink bathtub gin and dance the night away? Another war could kill us, another pandemic could wipe us out.”

Had the pandemic not occurred, Miller believes that the end of World War I would not have had such a profound impact on society. “Look at subsequent wars: The Second World War, Korean War, Vietnam conflict, they led to conservatism, not blatant debauchery,” she explains. “Looking at the Roaring Twenties, the cabaret culture of the Weimar Republic, the cafe culture of the Bright Young Ones in London and Paris, they all had their twinge of decadence generated by nihilism.”

Others who have studied the era agree, but believe there are additional factors at play. “I would love to say [the 1918 pandemic] is the reason why women cut their dresses off at the knees and cut their hair, but I think that’s too simplistic,” says Dr. Jessica Spector, a Yale University professor of alcohol history, cocktails, and ethics, and a scholar of intellectual history and drinks culture.

Spector, who focuses on the ways in which cultural values are expressed through drink, is writing two papers on this specific time period. She instead describes the flu as “the preamble” to the Roaring Twenties. “The decade from 1918 to 1928 was one of radical change in almost every area of life you can imagine: home life, civil engineering, domestic and international relations, medicine, entertainment, politics, and civil rights,” she explains.

Women’s place in society drastically changed after winning the right to vote and gaining employment in roles that required professional certifications, like nursing. The introduction of the assembly line transformed the U.S. into a manufacturing powerhouse and global leader of industry. Newly available inventions such as radios, TV, and cinema forged significant cultural shifts. “You’ve got people listening to the same music and watching the same pictures; all of a sudden people can share a culture,” Spector says.

In some respects, one could argue we’re starting to see similar things happen now. Coronavirus has brought us together, figuratively speaking, in shared moments of appreciation for health care workers and via virtual happy hours and other online gatherings. These connections make the world feel smaller — so much so that one might question if  “social distancing” is the correct term, or whether “physical distancing” might be more appropriate.

Other parallels with the lead-up to the Roaring Twenties can be drawn from the grave state of the economy. According to financial analysts, we are almost certainly entangled in a deep recession. “I feel like the 2008 financial crisis was just a dry run for this,” Harvard economist Kenneth S. Rogoff told The New York Times. At first glance, that sentiment doesn’t mirror the financial prosperity enjoyed throughout most of the Roaring Twenties. But just two years before the decade began, America was gripped by a seven-month recession that was soon followed by an 18-month recession between 1920 and 1921.

Of course, any resemblances sketched between the 1920s and now must take into account the most significant event in America’s drinking history: Prohibition. But just as the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution did nothing to curb the consumption of alcohol, the lack of sales restrictions on alcohol (Pennsylvania, notwithstanding) does not negate the chances of another cultural renaissance.

“One thing we have learned from the 1918 flu pandemic, its precursor the Black Death, and [are] beginning to see from today’s Covid-19 pandemic, is that when it’s over, people will see-saw from isolation into some form of mega-socialization once again,” Miller says.

But exactly where that “mega-socialization” takes place is another question. Will drinks enthusiasts return to the bars and restaurants that have slaked their thirst and proven to be reliable social venues in the past, or will it unfold in the very spaces where we spent the pandemic — inside our own homes?

A New Era of Home Entertaining?

Many have shaken their first Daiquiri or landed upon their preferred Martini proportions during this pandemic (thanks, in no small part, to bartenders themselves and social media platforms). Those folks won’t forget those skills overnight, nor the fact that they now possess them. And as for that barrel-aged Manhattan they just spent months perfecting? People will certainly want to share a taste of that, rather than just Instagram snaps.

Others, meanwhile, have passed the hours sipping batched, to-go cocktails from their favorite bars and restaurants. When the government relaxes social distancing measures, some of those establishments may conclude that the pursuit of on-premise profits is no longer viable in a changed hospitality landscape. Instead, they could turn to launching ready-to-drink cocktail brands — a category that was already gaining popularity. That would certainly strike another tick in the column marked “staying home” rather than “going out.”

In Shanghai, one bar owner is already innovating with a new business model. Daniel An just opened cocktail dispensary Ready To Drink (RTD for short) in the city’s Xintiandi neighborhood. Derek Brown, a Washington D.C., bar owner and drinks expert, describes the innovative setup as a mix between “Cinnabon and a cocktail bar,” serving up pre-packaged cocktails, like the Shanghai Mule and Coffee Negroni, and fruit juices on tap that guests can spike with a selection of spirits. Brown says it shows us the path going forward if American legislation will allow it. “Now that we’ve seen the light, how can we go back?” he says.

And there’s good reason to believe many drinkers may be less than eager to make a beeline for bars and restaurants. Dr. Michael Scherer, an assistant professor at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, and a specialist in alcohol use and misuse, believes that the lasting societal effects of the coronavirus hinge on whether or not the virus is seasonal and if it returns in the fall, as many health professionals are speculating. “Come October, November, if it re-emerges, its impact on society and the hospitality industry will be more dramatic,” he says.

Scherer explains his theory using the analogy of a faulty car: Imagine you drive a car and it breaks down, he explains. After taking it to be fixed, the mechanic tells you, “It’s perfectly safe now, you have nothing to worry about.” But then, when you take the car out, it breaks down again.

“Two things are going to happen from that,” Scherer says: “You’re going to have less trust in the people that tell you that your car is OK, and even when you do go back out — you will again, eventually — you’ll always have some concern that your car could break down again.”

So just as many of us will be itching to get out and patronize our favorite eating and drinking establishments, many may continue to limit their trips outdoors to only the strictly necessary — even after stay-at-home guidelines relax.

There will, of course, always be exceptions to such rules. We’ve already glimpsed the nihilistic disregard of the 1920s in the form of drunken students “trying to make the most” of spring break on the beaches of Miami. “If I get corona, I get corona,” a particularly red-cheeked, glossy-eyed young man told CBS. “At the end of the day I’m not going to let it stop me from partying.”

“Younger people tend to feel a little bit more invincible,” Dr. Scherer says.

A Renaissance for Drinking Establishments?

Others will feel that a healthy dose of IRL social contact will be just what the doctor ordered when this pandemic eventually ends. “The obvious result of everyone being stuck home is that everyone is being forced to become a more proficient cook and bartender,” says acclaimed bartender, journalist, and author Jim Meehan. “While one might surmise that this might lead to more home entertainment in the future, I think it will actually have the opposite effect.”

As soon as the coast is clear, he says, and as long as people have money in their pockets, “they’ll yearn to return to bars and restaurants.”

But this notion hangs on the same thread of bars and restaurants surviving enforced closures and a subsequent recession. It also assumes there will be no capacity restrictions on venues like the kind briefly imposed before the introduction of stay-at-home measures. If those make a return — temporary or otherwise — old business models will no longer be viable, and many venues will be permanently shuttered.

Such restrictions also threaten the very philosophy behind going out to eat or drink.

“As long as people have been around, we’ve gathered around the fire and the watering hole; and that’s what restaurants really are: You get a cold drink and a hot meal and you’ve got the best of both worlds,” says John Clark-Ginnetti, owner of the New Haven cocktail bar 116 Crown and Dr. Spector’s co-teacher at Yale University. “If this is going to make us stand six feet apart at the watering hole, it’ll profoundly change everything we do, and we’ll have to rethink life as we know it.”

For some, those safety measures will be regarded with the nihilistic abandon of a gleaming-toothed Jay Gatsby. Others, meanwhile, may turn their efforts to perfecting their own private speakeasies. There’s no question that we’re heading into uncharted waters, and all we can really know is this: As sure as the sun shines, a new dawn of drinking is peeking over the horizon.

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Tracking the COVID19 Shutdowns

We’ve seen a lot of disruptions to our daily lives recently as governments everywhere respond to the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak since patient zero reportedly contracted the disease in China’s Hubei province on November 17th, 2019.

Across the globe and within the United States, governments have been shuttering industries, closing public spaces, overriding many existing laws and regulations, and issuing stay-at-home orders for huge swaths of their populations, if not everyone. If keeping up with changing policies was hard before, it’s all but impossible now.

In response to this rapidly changing policy climate, we’re temporarily shifting our focus to keeping track of how various governments are responding to COVID19 pandemic.

Due to how rapidly things are changing on the ground, this list is not exhaustive. It contains everything we’ve noted, but may overlook some changes (especially at local levels). If you see something we’ve missed, contact us at info@atlasmobile.tech and we’ll add it here.

Definitions of ‘non-essential businesses’ vary slightly from state to state, but generally follow the CISA Guidelines issued March 19th, 2020. School closures generally refer to physical structure closures and a shift to remote lessons. Check the linked orders for specific details, or ask us.

Check back for updates as we will update this post regularly.

Alabama

Statewide: Gatherings of more than 25 prohibited (exceptions for work-related gatherings. Other event exemptions granted case-by-base). Beaches closed. Senior programs and schools shut down. Hospitals and nursing homes restricting visitors. Elective surgeries at hospitals, surgical centers, and dentists must be postponed. Restaurants, bars, and food service businesses on carry-out only. Effective 03/19/2020 until 04/06/2020

Alaska

Statewide:

Schools closed. Effective 03/16/2020 until 03/30/2020. Extended to 05/01/2020 on 03/20/2020

State libraries and museums shut down. Effective 03/17/2020 until 03/31/2020

Restaurants, bars, and food service businesses on carry-out only. Gyms and fitness centers, bowling alleys, bingo halls, and theaters shut down. Effective 03/18/2020 until 04/01/2020

Elective surgeries at hospitals and surgical centers postponed for three months. Effective 03/19/2020

Elective dental procedures postponed for one month. Effective 03/19/2020

Gatherings of 10 or more prohibited. Hair salons, day spas, nail salons, barber shops, tattoo and body piercing parlors, massage parlors, and tanning facilities shut down. Effective 03/24/2020

All people arriving in the state from another state or another country required to self-quarantine for 14 days, except essential workers. Effective 03/25/2020

Arizona

Statewide:

Localities restricted from imposing shelter-in-place orders without coordinating with the state. Effective 03/23/2020

All counties with confirmed COVID-19 cases: Gyms and fitness centers, bars, and theaters closed. Restaurants and food service businesses on carry-out only. Effective 03/20/2020

Arkansas

Statewide:

Localities restricted from imposing shelter-in-place orders without coordinating with the state. Effective 03/11/2020

Schools closed. Effective 03/17/2020

Polling place and absentee ballot restrictions lifted. Effective 03/20/2020

California

Statewide: Public schools closed. Restaurants and bars are carry-out only. Non-essential businesses shut down. Shelter-in-place order in effect. Effective 03/19/2020

San Francisco: Non-essential businesses shut down. Shelter-in-place order in effect. All public and private gatherings banned. Effective 03/17/2020 until 04/07/2020

Los Angeles: Gatherings of 10 or more prohibited. Public gathering places (parks, malls, etc) closed. Effective 03/19/2020

Colorado

Statewide:

Ski-resorts shut down. Effective 03/14/2020. Extended 03/18/2020

Schools closed. Effective 03/23/2020 until 04/17/2020

Elective surgeries at hospitals, surgical centers, dentists, and vets postponed. Effective 03/23/2020 until 04/14/2020

50% reduction in all non-essential in-person work occurring outside a private residence. Effective 03/24/2020

Denver: Non-essential businesses shut down. Shelter-in-place order in effect. Effective 03/24/2020 until 04/10/2020

Connecticut

Statewide: Public schools closed. Restaurants and bars are carry-out only. Non-essential businesses shut down. Gatherings of 50 or more prohibited. Effective 03/23/2020 until 04/22/2020

No shelter-in-place order in effect. Local shelter-in-place orders prohibited without state approval.

Delaware

Statewide:

Public schools closed. Restaurants and bars are carry-out only. Non-essential businesses shut down. Shelter-in-place order in effect. Effective 03/24/2020 until 05/15/2020

Gatherings of 50 or more prohibited. Public beaches closed (exceptions for exercise and dog walking). Numerous operations suspended. Effective 03/25/2020

D.C.

Districtwide: Public and private gatherings of 50 or more banned (exceptions for federal government property, grocery stores, shopping malls, medical facilities, nursing homes, mass transit, offices, hotels, and residences). Restaurants, bars, and food service establishments are carry-out only. Nightclubs, health clubs, spas, massage parlors, and theaters are shut down. Effective 03/20/2020 until 04/24/2020

Florida

Statewide:

Bars, pubs, restaurants, and nightclubs at 50% capacity. No more than 10 person gatherings on public beaches. Effective 03/17/2020

Restaurants, bars, taverns, pubs, night clubs, banquet halls, cocktail lounges, cabarets, breweries, cafeterias and any other alcohol and/or food service businesses in Palm Beach and Broward counties serving more than 10 people are carry-out only. Movie theaters, concert houses, auditoriums, playhouses, bowling alleys, arcades, gymnasiums, fitness studios, and beaches closed. Effective 03/20/2020

Air travelers to Florida from New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut ordered to self-quarantine for 14 days.. Effective 03/24/2020

Georgia

Statewide:

Schools closed. Effective 03/18/2020 until 03/31/2020

Shelter-in-place order in effect for those living in nursing homes, those with chronic lung disease, and those undergoing cancer treatment. Bars and nightclubs shut down. Gatherings of more than 10 banned by businesses and organizations. Effective 03/24/2020 until 04/06/2020

Hawaii

Statewide:

Mandatory self-quarantine for all persons entering the state. Effective 03/26/2020.

Non-essential businesses shut down. Shelter-in-place order in effect. Gatherings of 10 or more banned. Effective 03/25/2020 until 04/30/2020

Idaho

Statewide: Schools closed except to provide food services to underserved populations. Effective 03/23/2020 until 04/20/2020

Non-essential businesses shut down. Shelter-in-place order in effect. Public and private gatherings banned. Effective 03/25/2020 until at least 04/15/2020

Illinois

Statewide:

School closed. Effective 03/17/2020 until 03/30/2020

Restaurants, bars, and food service businesses are carry-out only (exemptions for airports, hospitals, and university dining halls). Public and private gatherings of 50 or more banned. Effective 03/16/2020 until 03/30/2020

Non-essential businesses shut down. Shelter-in-place order in effect. All public and private gatherings outside a single household prohibited. Effective 03/21/2020 until 04/07/2020

Indiana

Statewide:

Non-essential businesses shut down. Shelter-in-place order in effect. Schools closed. Public and private gatherings outside the home banned. Gatherings of 10 or more banned. Effective 03/24/2020 until 04/06/2020

Iowa

Statewide:

Schools recommended to close from 03/16/2020 until 04/13/2020.

Restaurants, bars, and food service businesses are carry-out only. Gyms and fitness centers, theaters, casinos, and senior centers shut down. Public and private gatherings of 10 or more banned. Effective 03/16/2020 until 04/17/2020

Kansas

Statewide:

Gatherings of 50 or more banned (numerous exemptions). Effective 03/17/2020 until 05/01/2020. Overridden 03/25/2020

Schools closed. Effective 03/17/2020 until 05/29/2020

Gatherings of 10 or more banned. Theaters, gyms and fitness centers, conference rooms and meeting halls, museums, and stadiums effectively shut down. Restaurants and bars effectively carry-out only. Effective 03/25/2020 until 05/01/2020

Kentucky

Statewide:

Restaurants and bars are carry-out only. Effective 03/16/2020

Gyms and fitness centers, theaters and concert venues, hair and nail salons, sports facilities, and recreation centers shut down. Effective 03/18/2020

Public and private mass gatherings banned. Effective 03/19/2020

Schools recommended to close. Effective 03/20/2020 until 04/20/2020

Elective surgeries at hospitals, surgical centers, and dentists suspended. Effective either 03/18/2020 or 03/23/2020

Non-essential businesses shut down. Effective 03/23/2020

No shelter-in-place order in effect.

Louisiana

Statewide: Public gatherings of 10 or more banned (exemptions for airports, medical facilities, office buildings, factories, and grocery stores). Non-essential businesses shut down. Shelter-in-place order in effect. Effective 03/23/2020

Maine

Statewide: Gatherings of more than 10 banned. Non-essential businesses shut down. Effective 03/25/2020 until 04/08/2020

No shelter-in-place order in effect.

Maryland

Statewide: Schools closed. Non-essential businesses shut down. Effective 3/23/2020

No shelter-in-place order in effect.

Massachusetts

Statewide: Non-essential businesses shut down. Physical contact sporting events banned. Gatherings of more than 10 banned (exemptions for parks, athletic fields, parking lots, carry-out food and drink). Effective 03/24/2020 until 04/07/2020

Michigan

Statewide:

Gatherings of 250 or more prohibited. Effective 03/13/2020 until 04/05/2020. Superceded 03/17/2020.

Schools closed. Effective 03/16/2020 until 04/05/2020. Superceded.

Restaurants, bars, and food service businesses are carry-out only. Theaters, libraries, museums, gyms and fitness centers, casinos, and other amusement centers shut down. Effective 03/16/2020 until 03/30/2020. Superceded 03/22/2020.

Gatherings of 50 or more prohibited. Effective 03/17/2020 until 04/05/2020

Elective surgeries at hospitals, surgical centers, and dentists postponed. Effective 03/21/2020

Restaurants, bars, and food service businesses are carry-out only. Theaters, libraries, museums, gyms and fitness centers, casinos, and other amusement centers shut down. Effective 03/22/2020 until 04/13/2020

Non-essential businesses shut down. Shelter-in-place order in effect. Effective 03/24/2020 until 04/13/2020

Minnesota

Statewide:

Schools closed. Effective 03/18/2020 until 03/27/2020

Restaurants, bars, and food service businesses are carry-out only. Gyms and fitness centers, theaters, amusement parks, bingo halls, recreation facilities, country and golf clubs, spas, nail salons, hair salons, barber shops, and massage parlors shut down. Effective 03/17/2020 until 03/27/2020

Elective surgeries at hospitals, surgical centers, dentists, and vets postponed. Effective 03/23/2020

Mississippi

Statewide: Restaurants and bars recommended to stop offering dine-in services. Avoiding public gatherings of more than 10 people recommended. No official restrictions.

Missouri

Statewide:

Schools and casinos closed. Effective 03/17/2020

St Louis: Gatherings of 50 or more prohibited. Effective 03/16/2020. Restaurants, bars, and food service businesses are carry-out only. Effective 03/17/2020.

Montana

Statewide:

Schools closed. Effective 03/15/2020 until 03/27/2020. Extended to 04/10/2020 on 03/24/2020

Restaurants, bars, and food service businesses are carry-out only. Gyms and fitness centers, pools, ski resorts, recreation facilities, theaters, nightclubs, bowling alleys, bingo halls, and casinos shut down. Effective 03/20/2020 until 03/27/2020. Extended to 04/10/2020 on 03/24/2020.

Public and private gatherings of 10 or more prohibited. Effective 03/24/2020 until 04/10/2020

Nebraska

Statewide:

Restaurants and bars are carry-out only. Effective 03/19/2020

Douglas, Sarpy, Cass, and Washington Counties: Schools closed. Gyms and fitness centers, salons, theaters, libraries, meeting halls, stadiums, and areas shut down. Gatherings of 10 or more banned. Effective 03/19/2020 until 04/30/2020

Nevada

Statewide:

Schools closed. Effective 03/16/2020 until at least 04/06/2020

Casinos and gaming activities ordered to cease operations. Effective 03/17/2020 until 04/16/2020

Restaurants, bars, and food service businesses are carry-out only. Gyms and fitness centers, salons, barber shops, recreation centers, night clubs, theaters, massage parlors, brothels, strip clubs, and other live entertainment venues shut down. Effective 03/21/2020 until 04/16/2020

Gatherings of 10 or more banned. Effective 03/24/2020

New Hampshire

Statewide:

Schools closed. Effective 03/16/2020 until 04/03/2020

Restaurants, bars, and food service businesses are carry-out only (exceptions for airports and healthcare facilities). Gatherings of 50 or more banned. Effective 03/16/2020 until 04/06/2020

Gatherings of 10 or more banned. Effective 03/23/2020 until 04/06/2020

New Jersey

Statewide:

Schools closed. Restaurants, bars, and food service businesses are carry-out only. Gatherings of 50 or more banned. Casinos, racetracks, gyms and fitness centers, theaters, nightclubs, and concert venues shut down. Non-essential businesses must close from 8pm to 5am. Effective 03/18/2020

Non-essential businesses shut down. Shelter-in-place order in effect. Public and private gatherings banned. Effective 03/21/2020

Elective surgeries at hospitals, surgical centers, and dentists suspended. Effective 03/27/2020

New Mexico

Statewide: Non-essential businesses shut down. Shelter-in-place order in effect. Effective 03/24/2020 until 04/10/2020

New York

Statewide:

Gatherings of 500 or more banned. Events of under 500 people at 50% capacity. Effective 03/13/2020. Superceded 03/16/2020.

Restaurants, bars, and food service businesses are carry-out only. Casinos, gyms and fitness centers, and theaters shut down. Gatherings of 50 or more banned. Effective 03/16/2020

Schools closed. Effective 03/18/2020 until at least 04/01/2020

Indoor shopping malls, amusement centers and parks, zoos, aquariums, play centers, funplexes, theme parks, bowling alleys, and children’s attractions shut down. Effective 03/19/2020

In-person workforces at all non-essential business physical locations reduced by 50%. Effective 03/20/2020

Barber shops, hair salons, tattoo and piercing parlors, and other personal care services shut down. In-person workforces at all non-essential business physical locations reduced by 75%. Effective 03/21/2020

Non-essential businesses shut down. Effective 03/22/2020

Public and private gatherings banned. Effective 03/23/2020

No shelter-in-place order in effect

New York City:

Non-essential businesses shut down. Shelter-in-place order in effect. Public and private gatherings banned. Effective 03/22/2020

North Carolina

Statewide:

Schools closed. Gatherings of 100 or more banned. Effective 03/16/2020. Superceded 03/25/2020

Restaurants and food service businesses are carry-out only. Effective 03/17/2020 until 03/30/2020

Bingo halls, Bowling alleys, gyms and fitness centers, pools, theaters, spas, gaming establishments, barber shops, beauty salons, hair salons, nail salons, massage parlors, and tattoo parlors shut down. Gatherings of 50 or more banned. Effective 03/25/2020 until 05/15/2020

North Dakota

Statewide:

Schools closed. Effective 03/16/2020 until 03/20/2020. Superceded 03/20/2020

Restaurants, bars, and food service businesses are carry-out only. Gyms and fitness centers, recreation facilities, health clubs, theaters, and entertainment venues shut down. Effective 03/20/2020 until 04/06/2020

Ohio

Statewide: Non-essential businesses closed. Shelter-in-place order in effect. Public and private gatherings outside a single household banned. Effective 03/24/2020

Cincinnati: Police not responding to many incidents. Effective 03/24/2020

Oklahoma

Statewide:

Elective procedures at hospitals, surgical centers, and dentists postponed until 04/07/2020. Gatherings of 10 or more banned. Shelter-in-place order in effect for “vulnerable individuals”. Effective 03/26/2020

Counties with community spread: Non-essential businesses shut down. Restaurants, bars, and food service businesses are carry-out only. Effective 03/26/2020 until 04/16/2020

Oregon

Statewide:

Non-essential businesses closed. Non-essential gatherings prohibited. Effective 03/23/2020

Schools closed until 04/28/2020. No shelter-in-place order in effect.

State parks closed. Effective 03/23/2020

Portland: Shelter-in-place order in effect. Effective 03/24/2020

Pennsylvania

Statewide:

Non-essential businesses closed. Effective 03/19/2020

Schools closed. Gatherings outside of private households banned. Effective 03/23/2020 until 04/06/2020

Philadelphia: Shelter-in-place order in effect.

Pittsburgh: Shelter-in-place order in effect.

Counties with shelter-in-place order in effect: Allegheny, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Monroe, Montgomery, and Philadelphia

Rhode Island

Statewide:

International arrivals must self-quarantine for 14 days. Effective 03/09/2020 until 04/12/2020

Restaurants, bars, and food service businesses are carry-out only. Gatherings of 25 or more banned (superceded 03/23/2020). Effective 03/17/2020 until 03/30/2020

Theaters, cinemas, sporting events, bowling alleys, concert venues, museums, zoos, gyms and fitness centers, hair salons, barber shops, nail salons, spas, and tattoo parlors shut down. Gatherings of 10 or more banned. Effective 03/23/2020 until 03/30/2020

South Carolina

Statewide:

Schools closed. Gatherings of 100 or more banned. Effective 03/16/2020 until 03/31/2020

Restaurants and food service businesses are carry-out only. Gatherings of 50 or more banned. Effective 03/18/2020 until 03/31/2020

South Dakota

Statewide: No mandatory statewide restrictions. Many schools have closed on Governors recommendations.

Tennessee

Statewide:

Social gatherings of 10 or more prohibited. Restaurants and bars are carry-out only. Gyms and fitness centers closed. Nursing homes offer essential care only. Effective 03/22/2020

Elective surgeries at hospitals, surgical centers, and dentists banned. Effective 03/23/2020

Memphis: Non-essential businesses shut down. Shelter-in-place order in effect. Effective 03/23/2020

Texas

Statewide: Elective surgeries at hospitals, surgical centers, dentists, and abortion centers banned. Effective 03/23/2020

Dallas: Non-essential businesses shut down. Shelter-in-place order in effect. Effective 03/24/2020

Utah

Statewide:

Schools closed. Effective 03/16/2020 until 03/30/2020. Extended to 05/01/2020 on 03/23/2020.

Restaurants, bars, and food service businesses are carry-out only. Gatherings of 10 or more prohibited. Effective 03/18/2020

Elective procedures at hospitals, surgical centers, dentists, and vets postponed. Effective 03/25/2020 until 04/25/2020

Vermont

Statewide:

Restaurants, bars, and food service establishments carry-out only. Effective 03/17/2020 until 04/06/2020

Elective procedures at hospitals, surgical centers, and dentists banned. Effective 03/20/2020 until 04/15/2020

Gyms, fitness centers, hair salons, barber shops, nail salons, spas, and tattoo parlors shut down. Non-essential gatherings of 10 or more banned (exceptions for airports, bus stations, offices, construction sites, manufacturers, grocery stores, retail, banks, press, government, and courts). Effective 03/23/2020 until 04/15/2020

Virginia

Statewide: Non-essential businesses shut down. All gatherings of 10 or more people banned (exemptions for health care, food banks, media, law enforcement, and government). Schools closed for the rest of the school year. Effective 03/25/2020

Washington

Statewide:

Non-essential businesses shut down. Shelter-in-place order in effect. Public and private gatherings banned outside a single household members. Effective 03/25/2020 until 04/06/2020

West Virginia

Statewide:

Non-essential businesses shut down. Shelter-in-place order in effect. Gatherings of 10 or more banned. Schools closed. Effective 03/24/2020.

Wisconsin

Statewide: Non-essential businesses shut down. Shelter-in-place order in effect. All public and private gatherings banned. Effective 03/25/2020 until 04/24/2020

Wyoming

Statewide:

Schools closed. Restaurants, bars, and food service establishments carry-out only. Gyms and fitness centers, theaters, and concert halls shut down. Effective 03/17/2020 until at least 04/03/2020

Gatherings of 10 or more banned (numerous exemptions). Effective 03/20/2020

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