After more than 40 years in the hairstyling industry, Trish Molloy, owner of the Headroom hair salons in St. John’s and Paradise, cannot recall more upheaval in her industry than during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Salons were forced to close for four months during lockdowns, but since the implementation of the vaccine passport, Molloy said, her industry has taken another, even more serious hit.
“I can get an appointment without being vaccinated,” said Molloy.
Molloy says some of her unvaccinated clients — ones she has turned away — are taking their business to stylists who serve unvaccinated clients, a practice that is not permitted under the provincial vaccine policy, said Molloy.
“I know they’ve gone somewhere else,” said Molloy. “I’m in communication with these clients. I’ve had them for up to 40 years, some of them.”
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