# Professor Nicholas Economides weighs in on how personal service providers can safely reopen as coronavirus lockdown restrictions are eased

1 Faculty News May 8, 2020 ![PIX 11 News logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/pix11news.jpg?itok=muG8wdmP)>

Excerpt from [Pix11](https://www.pix11.com/news/coronavirus/salons-and-spas-likely-to-reopen-slowly-but-expected-to-recover-better-than-some-industries) -- "Unfortunately for Tanriverdi, economists like [Nicholas Economides](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/nicholas-economides) of NYU’s Stern School of Business, say personal service providers might be some of the last businesses that’ll open back up. 'The rational thing is to open factories where people can be far apart,' Economides said. 'Then go to industries with closer contact.'”

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