
28. Shutting Down Meant Lost Jobs
When restaurants were only operating on a takeout basis, wait staff lose their jobs. When people could no longer go to a spa to get a massage or other non-medical procedure, the workers get furloughed. The upside is that the workers and customers are much safer, but the toll has been enormous.
Millions of workers have been furloughed, meaning that they are temporarily unemployed but expect to return to work when their workplaces reopen. But many workplaces have already been unable to survive the shutdown and will have to close permanently.