Bookshop café Gertrude and Alice used to see customers coming in droves during summertime. But since the Omicron strain tore through Sydney two months ago, the Bondi Beach shop is losing money every day just by keeping its doors open. “We may as well be in lockdown,” said owners of 21 years Jane Turner, who added that the business is in the worst position it has ever been in. “The accountant’s said you’ve probably got six months at this rate,” she told AAP. “We’ve already ploughed through all our savings… We could walk away with nothing.” The store has cut back the opening hours in half during the pandemic, yet it is still struggling to stay staffed as half of the employees had to isolate themselves after contracting the virus or becoming a close contact. While the landlord and regular customers have been exceptionally generous, patronage has reduced, and people …