[I’m a dozen miles west of Manhattan in NJ (between Newark and Jersey City); this lockdown has crushed the area economically. It appears people just lifted it on their own in terms of work; long before anything was officially lifted, more and more cars were gone each morning on my street - people were clearly going back to work. They didn’t have the “employment for life” protections of gubmint workers, and the Paycheck Protection Program money could only last so long for their employers (if they even got any).]
I can see why the gubmint workers vote Democrat; they make a lot of money and don’t have to do much during this virus. Private sector workers in those situations have either been furloughed or outright laid off.