1. I echo josephcsible, shutting down employers is a mistake and likely to cause starvation. If people are banned from improving their own lives, there is a chance that their lives will get worse.

2. Just because there is an emergency doesn't mean everyone needs to sit around twiddling their thumbs. There was more work that needed doing in the pandemic, not less. That could have been parleyed into a job, leading to money for food.