On my daily walk down a side street, I saw a restaurant with a diagonal cross made of adhesive tape on its sign. Gone was the notice that it would open for takeout; now it looked to be closed for good.

Although I’m aware that most restaurants go out of business within a few years or even months, I felt a certain sadness. The owners and staff lost their jobs and perhaps their dreams, through no fault of their own and for reasons they couldn’t have anticipated just a few weeks ago.