Does anybody else find it ironic that the only people who could keep working during the pandemic are the same people who can't afford time off?

You make a good point.

What I find strange though is how all the mom and pop shops had to close, but big retailers were "Essential".

Aggravating that problem also is that since the local shops were closed, it just meant more people crammed into the big stores.

You go to a big store and it is crammed on any given day but go to a small shop and there might be one or two other customers.

So what about this "social distancing?"

Then with this stupid vaccine, the people who were first in line (who were not health care workers) to get it were people who will probably soon die anyways.

And some people wonder why other folks are calling this whole thing a hoax, scamdemic, whatever.

It is because the way they are handing things is bass ackwards.

C'mon, they're well paid..its a hi stress job!

I worked the entire time. Have no problem affording time off.