I'm not going to eateries I wouldn't normally go to. I would be very negatively impacted if the eateries I frequent shut down.
I have a very deadly medical condition. I've had to somehow make my life work in the face of very hostile conditions, in a world that didn't want to accommodate my need for germ control.
I'm supposed to be on boatloads of drugs. I used to be on boatloads of drugs. I gradually got off all of them.
Prevention of exposure to germs to begin with played a role in that.
Like many people, I am worried about both germ control for everyone and economic survival. Unlike most other people, I've wrestled with such questions for me and my family for about two decades and developed some best practices.
Calling ahead or ordering online and getting takeout is one of those best practices.
It has worked for me for a long time under extremely difficult circumstances.
The obsession with efficiency at the cost of other, far more worthy virtues is what has brought us to this point, where "efficient" global supply chains cannot now produce urgently needed goods at a time of crisis.
Supporting "worthy virtues" is all well and good, except that it's subjective and not always well thought out, leading to unfortunate consequences.
I'm sure plenty of people thought it great to help Sally Struthers feed the 3 million starving African children in the 80's...until the result was 10 million starving African children.
> The obsession with efficiency at the cost of other, far more worthy virtues
Having many competing businesses does not ensure these other virtues arise. Having a mechanism whereby the better businesses rise make it more likely they have the income to explore.