Businesses Shutting Down in Response to COVID-19

COVID-19 has been affecting so much in everything we as a society are used to doing daily. Things from businesses to restaurants are having to shut down due to the quarantine restrictions we need to follow. One of the many things that have been hit the hardest financially is small businesses. “The COVID-19 pandemic is hitting small businesses especially hard as customers practice social distancing, states enact forced closures, and events get canceled.” Many businesses are having to shut down, or drastically reduce the amount of customers that can go in to their business at a time to help stop the spread of the virus. Many of these businesses are also laying off employees, as they do not need all of them to work in their business at this time. At this time of uncertainty, many small business owners are unsure of how the future will look for them financially, and what will come after the pandemic.https://www.businessinsider.com/emergency-funding-for-small-businesses-affected-by-the-coronavirus-2020 [1 link, 1 quote, 134 words]