which have been battered by wave after wave of hope and disappointment for two years, being forced to shut and open based on government health advice about COVID-19.
Christian McCabe, who owns the Embla restaurant on Melbourne’s Russell Street near the “Paris-end” of Collins Street, says omicron is having a dramatic impact on the city’s psychology. They’ve hit every single hurdle, they get back up, then there’s another hurdle and they get whacked again.Howell says the conversations he’s had with small business owners, particularly in retail and hospitality, over the past few weeks have been revealing.
“Policy can only go so far and it won’t go all the way to protecting against the supply chain issues.”McCabe agrees that governments can’t solve the problem and people need to pitch in to support businesses.
It's the total mismanagement of this outbreak. During restrictions we were still able to go to the pub for dinner or get take away. This time around there is so much covid out there I'm not leaving the house unless I'm forced.
I think so too sadly. I couldn’t even get excited about celebrating NYE because I have such low expectations of this year.