Palm Springs business owner urges more people to get tested to stay open
Business owners across the valley are sending an urgent plea to get more people tested for the coronavirus. This push for testing goes beyond health benefits. It's for the survival of the economy.
Now, a Palm Springs business owner is urging for more people to get tested to stay open.
News Channel 3's Dani Romero has more on the efforts to promote more testing.
The pandemic has impacted countless businesses here in our valley including the Escape Room in Palm Springs.
They just reopened after being closed for six months but now, as we face the threat of possibly moving back into a more restrictive tier. The owner is pushing for people like you and me to get tested.
“Thats the key the more people get tested the faster we can open and the faster we can keep going down in the tiers," said Dominique Fruchtman, Co-owner of Escape Room.
Co-owner Dominique Fruchtman said its her goal to educate people on getting tested frequently. She said its easier than before.
“It was a very invasive a very uncomfortable test, they stuck a thing up your nose it went down your throat it was like an alien," said Fruchtman. " It was miserable now its a little cotton swab that goes barely into your nostril and they swirl it around for about three seconds.”
And the results are fast. Fruchtman said she’s tried to get the word out on social media but will take steps further if she shuts down once again.
“If you give me a sign, I’ll stand on the corner and hold it out there and say get tested call this number go to this website if I am not working i’ll do whatever it takes to get people to get tested and to get our numbers down.”
But Fruchtman isn’t the only one on social media urging people to get tested. Riverside County Public Health Officer, Dr. Cameron Kaiser also giving it a push on twitter.
And Frutchman does worry about closing once again around the holidays.
“Its a three week stop before we can open again that can mean missing thanksgiving that can mean missing the December holidays, new years, Martin Luther King Day, we can miss it all and we can’t afford that.”
Chambers of commerce across the valley are urging more people to get tested even if you don't have any symptoms.
For more information on a testing site near you. CLICK HERE.
