, according to the monthly Department of Labor report. Food and drinking places lost 17,400 jobs in November, and the industry has an unemployment rate of 13.8%.
But the spike in infections is hitting the restaurant industry particularly hard. This autumn, states and municipalities across the countryafter reopening indoor dining and expanding capacity during the summer months. Reduced capacity or pivoting entirely to takeout and delivery means fewer workers are needed inside the kitchens or serving up food.
Los Angeles County, for example, has closed restaurants to all in-person dining, whether it's indoors or outdoors. The state said Thursday it couldif hospital capacity becomes constrained. Delaware had placed new restrictions on restaurants in mid-November, but on Thursday issued a stay-at-home order, as cases continued to climb.
Nationwide, the seven-day average of daily new Covid cases has risen to more than 179,400, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University — the highest yet. This week, grim records have been set for
When you have the worst Policy Error ever aka the Shutdown you have all sorts of collateral damage 🙃
Good. They get what they voted for.
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