This is not a question other operators can answer. It’s a question that should be in your rental contract or your landlord can answer.

Common sense says if you’re not permitted to use the facilities for their intended purpose you shouldn’t have to pay for them but we’re in uncharted territory for many contracts. If you can’t come to an agreement with your landlord consulting your attorney is next.

No good solutions. Do you want millions to die sooner than they otherwise would or tens of millions living in poverty for the next generation or two?

To be clear, are you considering every case to be a patient or only those that go to a medical professional?

I’ll be surprised if it’s less than a year before bars and restaurants are allowed to open again.

It’s nonsense in the same vein that every astrologer puts out. Vague enough they’ll claim hits on stuff that’s close and say the other stuff hasn’t happened yet but it will. Just need a few more sessions and it will become clear.

Look up unfalsifiable proposition.

The time to believe something is AFTER sufficient evidence is presented. Every grifter in the world tries to convince their marks otherwise.

Let your politicians know. The banks will be telling them everything is fine. Feedback from the people they work for has value.

You can ask guests to do something before leaving but you can't enforce it. You can't imprison them and your remedy of refusing service is moot on the way out. Blacklist them? Are you identifying every patron so you know who to ban? Facial recognition maybe?

Might as well just close the place at that point, there won't be enough patrons willing to subject themselves to that level of scrutiny.

I understand your proposed rule. When I’m on the way out and leave without washing what exactly can you do?
Ban from future visits? How will you track who to ban?
Your proposal reminds me of the exit guardians at Wal-Mart that I walk past with a “No thanks” while some others stand in line for inspection.

I’m envisioning a sort of open alcove in front of every game. The lexan barriers could maybe attach to something like the 8020 racks people have built for mobile streaming rigs.

Most venues will have to deal with this. It really means a whole new evaluation of your business plan. It's simply not possible to get the same amount of revenue from fewer people. Almost every revenue number will change. Places that were viable at the old normal may not be viable at the new normal. Will the bankers, landlords, and other creditors be willing to renegotiate without government intervention?

The economic fallout will be far reaching. Equipment vendors that used to recoup the cost in three years may not survive if it now takes five years.

Your local politicians may be of some use. The Morgantown courts are closed until April 30th and probably won't be prioritizing evictions right away. https://www.morgantownwv.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=413

Please cite your source for this because it doesn't match what the scientists working on vaccines appear to be aware of.
https://time.com/5790545/first-covid-19-vaccine/
https://www.healthline.com/health-news/heres-exactly-where-were-at-with-vaccines-and-treatments-for-covid-19

Almost everyone considers the value proposition when determining where to spend their entertainment dollars. I stopped playing at Pinballz Arcade when they raised the price of pins by 33%.

If I can afford three hours a week at venue A or eight hours a week at venue B, I’m going to venue B more often.

A league can be IFPA sanctioned too. It's just a tournament that takes several sessions. Players earn WPPRs at any sanctioned event.

The IFPA people will put some thought into it and come up with appropriate changes.

Part of the point is minimizing airflow between people. How best to do that while removing any airborne virus that is hanging around is a problem many facility engineers will be working on. For a while, every solution they come up with will be obsolete due to new information about how covid-19 acts.

The public perception will be most valuable in the short term. Just convince people YOUR solution is adequate. With that in mind maybe some consistent messaging via chamber of commerce or press releases might be beneficial.

While true, I’ve yet to see anyone wearing a mask with a seal good enough to filter exhaled air. Even a full-blown military issue gas mask doesn’t filter the exhaust.

Maybe an underserved market for an enterprising capitalist.

You misunderstand the purpose of the mask. It's to filter DROPLETS that may contain the virus.

Here is a scientific study from 2013 that suggests even simple surgical masks are helpful.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3591312/

Do you have the data on that Nic? You're the only person I've heard mention it.

Recent NY Times article seems to support your idea. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/15/us/coronavirus-what-to-do-outside.html

Public perception will be key. How best to convince people it's safe to come out again. List of precautions your establishment has taken posted at the entrance maybe? Multi-pronged marketing campaign utilizing press releases, local TV reporting at various locations, politicians describing local guidelines?

Distributing it over a larger area will also lower the density. So you would have to touch more surface to get the same viral load.

I’ve seen no data on NicoVolta ’s approach but I’m with him on the general idea.

I stopped by Pinballz about 8 pm Friday night. There were about ten people there. Normal I would guess is about a hundred. I stopped to say hello to a couple people and left after a few minutes.

Until a low cost vaccine is available I’m staying home as much as possible.

Definitive information on what is “safe” does not yet exist. This coronavirus is new to humans. Best practices are currently a moving target. And even if a provider has best practices the public at large hasn’t been convinced they work, nor are they able to make an accurate assessment of the risk profile.

Science takes time to provide accurate information. It’s coming, but I don’t expect a return to past societal norms. There will be a new normal and no one yet knows what that will look like.

NicoVolta was way ahead of the curve with his ventilation strategy.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/key-to-preventing-covid-19-indoors-ventilation-11598953607

I wonder if illuminating the air filter on the air conditioners with UV light might kill any covid that got trapped in the filter?

HVAC systems around here have filters. Those do the same thing a mask is supposed to do- filter out particulate from air that passes through it.

Safe is subjective. I think anywhere with adequate ventilation and distance is safe enough.

Around here the restaurants have put up plexiglass barriers between booths so smaller chance of large droplets getting on you. The aerosols are still a problem without properly directed airflow.

Interesting claims about the efficacy of some air purifiers in this article. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/05/air-purifier-covid-asthma-unproven-science-coronavirus-ionization/

Source please.

I think you're doing drinking fountains wrong. No licking is necessary to obtain the water. I'm sure the fountain appreciates your extra effort though.