7.7 million people working in the leisure and hospitality sector lost their jobs in April alone, according to the Department of Labor.
Restaurants, bars and nightclubs are adjusting to limited or virtual patrons, but some are wary of what the industry might look like when the country is reopened.On a weekend in mid-March, Marissa Molnar was bartending at Hog Fathers BBQ in Monongahela, Pennsylvania, a small town 40 minutes outside of Pittsburgh. That night, the mood in the bar was dampened by worries ofcreeping into communities across the country and fears of a national shutdown.
Tune into ABC at 1 p.m. ET and ABC News Live at 4 p.m. ET every weekday for special coverage of the novel coronavirus with the full ABC News team, including the latest news, context and analysis. She worries that once things open back up, there will be another economic crash after people spend their stimulus checks and unemployment money. Bartenders and servers rely heavily on tips, and Molnar fears that even when people do go out for food and drinks again they may have less for gratuities.
"Once bars, restaurants and clubs reopen, these workers will be at the front lines," Seijas said."They will be the ones whose lives will be in danger."MORE: How bar owners envision the future of nightlife after coronavirus Blair Truesdell enjoys a drink at The Cottonmouth Club wearing a facemask in Houston, on May 22, 2020, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.
"It's a lot of people coming in from all over and people traveling from all over the U.S. for these weekends," Houston said."They pack out hotels and everything like that. So it's a kind of ripple effect when this happened."
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