There will be no forcing anyone to cover, not now, not ever, their short position, if such a position ever existed. Those BBBYQ “investors” that openly admitted having $150,000 invested in BBBYQ, have been totally WIPED OUT today.
That needs to settle in after the shock of over, if one ever gets over it.
My suggestion is to work on getting over it, but never forget. You might want to take this experience and use it to prevent others from making the same mistake you made, getting sucked into scam from Reddit and Sticktwits