even when covid shut down restaurants, they started serving food outdoors in patios or under tents...stepped up their take out....started using uber to deliver..etc etc...THEY didnt just come to a complete stop and sit around watching cartoons all day like prodigy has...
Yet, the actual data tells a completely different story...
According to Yelp...
*60% of businesses that shut down in the US from the start of the pandemic as of August 31 won't be reopening.
*As of 31 August, 163,735 US businesses have shut down, a 23% rise since mid-July.
*Yelp said the restaurant industry was most heavily affected with closures totalling 32,109 as of August 31.