[FamiliarFace]

*** I don’t recall businesses being closed by government order around here.***

Not sure where you live, but during lockdowns, any business that wasn’t *essential* was closed down here. State government closed them down, not federal. It was awful!

[steve86]

I was mistaken; I went back and checked and there was a interval (not long) when “non-essential” businesses were ordered closed by the governor. But everywhere I go (and I’m out every day and was then) stayed open presumably because of food sales, pharmacy, etc. It is true that dining rooms in restaurants were closed.

[steve86]

I remember more now. Home Depot, Lowe's, and Ace Hardware remained open; presumably because of essential plumbing parts, etc. Some of the mall stores were open and others were closed. I believe that some clothing stores stayed open (that was a little odd). Dentists were closed, I think more because of fear of covid than anything else . I guess people with dental pain went to the hospital and hoped for the best. Purely leisure or recreational businesses like gyms were closed, but that didn't affect me.

[ridesthemiles]

SOME complete idiot making decisions about essential businesses at the beginning shut down the production of gallon/ half gallon milk jugs.

Dairy farmers were dumping milk-—no containers.

2 dairy farms—4 generations—sold 630 dairy cows in one day at local livestock sale.

Put them totally out of business.

Vet on hand at sale cried.