Business nod deemed critical were forced to shut down, with no warning or recompense to their owners. Many of them went bankrupt, were forced to lay off all of their employees, and cancel contracts with customers.
Spring 2020 here was no Shanghai, but it wasn’t the nothing-burger you seem to think it was.
I guess you guys don’t really use that argument anymore, huh?
The duration of Covid-related disruptions depends almost entirely on how much a society chooses to sacrifice to prevent spread.
US politicians know this which is why a strong suggestion plus threatening employers with licensing revocation unless they, in turn, threaten employees with job termination over non-compliance is all they could do.