It’s a completely predictable and legitimate phenomenon.īut, looking at the Government’s timetable for the next three months and beyond, and making some reasonable assumptions about how people are likely to continue to behave into the future in the absence of a vaccine against Covid-19, it’s hard to think of any part of the economy that will be hit harder and for longer than arts and culture.Īdd in the fact that even at the best of times many artists and arts organisations teeter on the edge of insolvency, and you have a blueprint for a potentially catastrophic wipeout if action isn’t taken.Īrtists will not be able to create, arts workers will be forced out and likely never return Travel and tourism operators argue against quarantine regulations and restrictions on movement restaurateurs and publicans look for social distancing guidelines to be reduced from two metres to one, and so on. As the country cautiously starts to emerge from lockdown, with restrictions gradually being incrementally lifted on various activities, the airwaves and news pages have been filling up with voices representing various sectoral interests, usually seeking faster action or special treatment.
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