Restaurants and bars have become quiet places.
Salons and barbershops aren’t taking appointments.
Hotel occupancy rates have cratered.
Health is the top consideration for government leaders making decisions during the COVID-19 crisis that’s gripped the country for over a month.
But the tough decisions around the country to order the suspensions of non-essential business to stem the spread of the coronavirus has created economic uncertainty for many.
Out-of-work breadwinners are suddenly facing food insecurity.
“Losing your job for multiple weeks when you are a hairstylist or bartender is a major hit,” Forgotten Harvest director of corporate relations Rebecca Cade-Sawicki said Friday afternoon.