Let ’Em Ride Bikes

“COVID-19 is the story of the decade, and some county medical officer is prohibiting us old folks — the most susceptible to this monster death virus — from our primary source of information! Huh? What is this dude thinking?”

“Down the street, the High Trails Cyclery bike shop is doing mind-boggling business with the lines down the street. Great thinking — let’s identify biking as essential and prohibit newspapers from those most vulnerable!”

—Kevin O’Brien, retired TV station general manager, in Phil Matier, “SF shuts newsstand as a nonessential business. Peskin says all news is essential,” SFChronicle, May 17, 2020. Image: No news at Fadi Berbery’s newsstand. “So now this wine shop three doors down from me can start selling newspapers, right?” Liz Hafalia

• Editorial Comment: Don't piss off with vulnerable old newspaper readers.

  

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