But it could be a temporary thing. Service workers can be laid off temporarily and hired back. Essentially offloading them from the company's payroll and adding them to the states'. Instead, if there's an option for states to provide unemployment without actually getting fired - disability? - for anyone affected not just those with the virus could also help in these times.

There are a ton of businesses that operate on thin margins - restaurant and service industry in general - and it makes sense for the government to step in.