While it’s sometimes said that “the bigger they are the harder they fall,” the COVID-19 pandemic has proven itself as an equal-opportunity catastrophe. While some sectors of the linen, uniform and facility services industry across the U.S. and worldwide have fared worse than others, COVID-19 is taking its toll. The consequences include (sometimes fatal) illnesses, anxiety, frustration, and—not least—incalculable economic losses. And that’s just for starters. As May’s Textile Services went to press, many questions about our caronapacalypse remained unanswered. Below, we offer readers a view from the trenches, so to speak, of laundries fighting back against COVID-19. While each ...