FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Chris Mazzola says the over-50 crowd has returned to his Delray Beach gym, although cautiously and often weaker from having a bout or two of COVID-19.
“There was a time when my members were terrified of catching COVID and getting sick,” said Mazzola of 50 plus Fitness Center. “Some still have fear and want to wear a mask and they do. But everyone seems to have settled in. Everyone is calmer about the concept of COVID.”
Mazzola, like many other small-business owners, still wipes down surfaces and has sanitizing stations. He realizes that a member or staff might catch the virus. “It’s not a death sentence where it might have been earlier,” he said. “They will stay out for 10 days and they will come back.”
