Over the past few months, these well known words of Dickens kept running through my mind. The human toll has been near unfathomable. Did I think that in my lifetime I would ever see the intersection of economics, science, people’s well being and politics create such ambiguity, uncertainty and fear? Wisdom competing with foolishness? Can something so simple yet so important as requiring employees and customers to wear face masks to protect one another from the virus require consideration of the social and political impact of the policy...science vs. politics vs. well being?! Business at a dead stop, face masks, social distancing, safety and wellness, literally overnight...wow!  Click on the attached file to continue reading.