The leader in banning single-use plastic bags is the latest locale to change its stance in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
. However, questions also exist as to how big of a risk reusable bags actually pose for spreading the virus. Last Friday,Through that lens, San Francisco’s temporary policy switch may seem like a bigger deal. But at the same time, the city’s choice may have more to do with appeasing rightfully worriedthan implementing a practical measure to stop the spread of disease.
And Jim Araby—director of strategic campaigns for United Food and Commercial Workers Local 5, which represents positions like supermarket stockers and retail clerks—told the site he believed San Francisco was simply being cautious. “If you look at how the Bay Area has led on all of this, they led on shelter-in-place first,” he told the site. “They're being responsive to what's out there. From our perspective, it's important to be responsive and be proactive.
Along those lines, at a time when so much is still uncertain, “better safe than sorry” is probably a prudent position to take. We’ll have plenty of time to debate plastic bag bans again once this pandemic is over and we can get in each other’s faces for a good non-socially-distanced argument.
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