Not all the jobs will still be there afterwards. If lots of restaurants, hotels, airlines, etc. go bankrupt, rebuilding will require someone who has the capital to invest in building new businesses to replace them.
My father is in his late 70s, but he still runs a business employing a few dozen people. He probably can't afford to keep the business afloat while everything is shut down, and he might not have the money or energy to start everything up again in a few months.
He's probably somewhat of an outlier, since most business owners are younger and will have better chances of starting over, but some business won't recover from this.
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Just give them their old jobs back afterwards?
Not all the jobs will still be there afterwards. If lots of restaurants, hotels, airlines, etc. go bankrupt, rebuilding will require someone who has the capital to invest in building new businesses to replace them.
Restaurants come and go all the time, I don't think there will be any big issues there. Businesses relying on tourism might be another matter.
My father is in his late 70s, but he still runs a business employing a few dozen people. He probably can't afford to keep the business afloat while everything is shut down, and he might not have the money or energy to start everything up again in a few months.
He's probably somewhat of an outlier, since most business owners are younger and will have better chances of starting over, but some business won't recover from this.