I'm not sure how you reconcile acknowledging the reality of companies not being able to make payroll for two weeks and also calling it a "canard" in back to back sentences. A "fake canard" would be a double negative by the way ;)

If you reread the thread and the context of what I was responding to it was the OP stating "It's not clear anyone would have lost anything at all ..."

Perhaps you are well-off but losing a pay check for couple of weeks has real consequences for lots of people.