We Were Forced to Close Our Business and the Reason Will Surprise You

Unemployment insurance pays people more money to stay home than they would make working a job that exposes them to covid. Hence these businesses can’t find people to hire and they have to shut down.

I think the small business sector will probably be very slow to recover and have a long tail of impact on tourism and recreation. E.g. why would I visit xyz place when their cool cafes, bars, bookstores are still struggling to reopen?