Mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on small businesses By Tammye Nash | Managing Editornash@dallasvoice.com As the rapid spread of SARS-CoV-2 — the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 — is forcing local governments across North Texas to issue disaster declarations requiring residents to “shelter in place” and “non-essential businesses” to shut their doors, small businesses are feeling the weight of a burden too heavy for many of them to endure for long.