The COVID-19 pandemic

[tomh009]

Indeed, it's not difficult. And it would address the small business fairness complaint.  I would have left off the "big box" and "discount" store categories and just said only grocery/pharmacy sections of stores can be open for in-person shopping. (That's not a 100% precise definition but I think it would be close enough.)

A fair number of Grocery and Pharmacy stores have long standing curbside services that run parallel to in-person shopping.  There is no reason these couldn't be treated like EVERY OTHER SMALL BUSINESS and move to curbside only.  If this government was serious (they aren't) this could be mandated.

They do -- albeit not with the capacity they would need if everyone were doing that. (And it wouldn't work quite as easily for the actual pharmacy counters.) Still, that would have been justifiable, even if more difficult to implement.

On a personal level, I still believe that the biggest problem is to be found within social interactions, not even the big box shopping: bars, restaurants, churches, home gatherings. The shutdown regs will help here, though whether it's enough is still TBD.