Businesses of all sizes have struggled during the COVID-19 pandemic, but it has been especially difficult for smaller businesses.
Using data from the Opportunity Insights Economic Tracker, a project of Harvard University, an analysis from the nonpartisan Illinois Policy Institute found that 35% of small businesses in Illinois are closed now compared to before the pandemic.
Bryce Hill, a senior research analyst with the think tank, said there are two main reasons for the closures.
“No. 1, population-dense areas have been more drastically affected by COVID-19, and there are also going to be economic realities of mitigation measures that were put into place in Illinois that may have been tighter than in some other areas,” Hill said.
The analysis also showed 50% of small businesses in the food services and accommodations industry and 51% in the leisure and hospitality industry have closed. These were the most affected sectors in Illinois.
Over 38% of small businesses in the educational and health services industry are still closed, the sixth most in the nation.
No businesses closed due to a pandemic. They closed due to Democrat, media and swamp (I repeat myself) lies to shut down the Trump economy, and institute the NWO police state.
Stop kidding yourself, This ‘script’ was enacted to hide the Collapse (by Aug ’19 I KNEW there was going to be a ‘new 9/11′ – and by October, I heard ex-Special Forces vet’ Mike Glover, on a podcast, this would all be hidden behind a virus-scare – ‘like how I was trained), and EVERYONE is in on it, including your sainted Israel-puppet, Trump, who’s ‘Warp Speed’ project is assuring a massive depopulation agenda moves forward. To which I HEARTILY CONCUR. Only thing Trump did right; Helping to rid the country of idiot mask-wearers and vax-cravers for a silly flu. Maybe… Read more »
If you are looking for a $1M house, in Illinois, make an offer of $500K You’ll get it. Thing is, THEN you have to pay the damn outrageous property tax and insane state income tax rates. “Blew” state. Game over. People are saying “adios” to what was once a great state.
‘One-Third of Small Businesses in Illinois Have Closed Due to the Nonexistent Pandemic’
There. Fixed it
Some ‘pandemic’:
CDC Comes Clean; ‘94% of deaths listed as Covid were due to pre-existing conditions’
https://tapnewswire.com/2021/04/cdc-comes-clean-must-watch/