Call me crazy, but I don't think people should be threatened with starvation if they don't work

A better answer, from your perspective, would probably be that private charity and food banks deal with this problem already, right?

They are certainly more effective than Government handouts.

My point is nobody wants people to starve, neither Elon and his buddies or Gretchen Newsom

The only problem is the government infringing individual rights by shutting down companies.

1. Agents allocate their own scarce resources.

2. Agents make subjective assessments of Covid-related work risks.

3. Agents who previously preferred saving to consumption are less constrained.

Nothing to see here.

By that rationale, no one should have been forced to stay home. Everyone's got mouths to feed.

Yeah that's what Sweden did.

The place with universal healthcare?

Not quarantining doesn't require universal healthcare.

Using the other rationale, driving puts others at risk and we shouldn't be in the road until driving is perfectly safe.

But driving requires a person to be above a certain age. They have to go through a test to prove they're competent. And there's still certain rules to follow like not being intoxicated while driving even after they have proved themselves to be competent.

And most importantly driving is a privilege that can be taken away if someone repeatedly fails to comply with the rules. So not really a rational rationale

How about "drunk driving puts others at risk and you shouldn't drive a car when you're drunk."

They can collect California unemployment if it’s illegal for them to work. Many will receive more cash than if they were on the line.