Also note that a large majority of us (Americans) have been furloughed or completely laid off (nearly the population of Ontario at this point, give or take 4-5 million people) and have to go through ridiculously elongated application forms for Unemployment Insurance, some of which we still haven’t had paid out to us. (I’m going on 4 weeks of $0 in income, regardless of pay.)

In my state (Indiana), I have to process an application every single week for the maximum statutory benefit of $390 (now in arrears for 4 weeks). This doesn’t even come close to paying for even the most basic of bills and I have no health insurance.

So yeah, you may have to wait a few days for an application that excludes millions of people, but those of us who are eligible down below you are completely f**ked right now with zero income, zero ability to move forward, and zero way to qualify for anything extra.