The ADA requires any business to give "reasonable accommodation" for disabled people. Apparently, this means a comfortable place to wait in line during a pandemic.
I think we can do better than that. Many of these people are in pain or are on the top of the Grim Reaper's list. I say give them a pass and move them to the front of the line. If I was at the end of my life I would cringe at spending another second at a Walmart line than is necessary. I understand that many places have specific kapuna hours for these people but "life" gets in the way of showing up the special hours. So a cripple or two get moved to the front of the line and everybody else is delayed 3 minutes getting into Safeway or Walmart. Deal with it. Making the (health) weak wait for their place in line theoretically exposes them to more of the virus we are trying to protect them from.
(edited to add, not directed to anybody on this forum, just population in general).
I think we can do better than that. Many of these people are in pain or are on the top of the Grim Reaper's list. I say give them a pass and move them to the front of the line. If I was at the end of my life I would cringe at spending another second at a Walmart line than is necessary. I understand that many places have specific kapuna hours for these people but "life" gets in the way of showing up the special hours. So a cripple or two get moved to the front of the line and everybody else is delayed 3 minutes getting into Safeway or Walmart. Deal with it. Making the (health) weak wait for their place in line theoretically exposes them to more of the virus we are trying to protect them from.
(edited to add, not directed to anybody on this forum, just population in general).