The situation is pretty complex. People at the top decided that only these essential workers deserved to make a living and put many people out of a job. So you

The situation is pretty complex. People at the top decided that only these essential workers deserved to make a living and put many people out of a job. So you have a big supply of recently unemployed people ready to replace any of these essential workers if they started organizing for more pay or what have you. Unemployment insurance is nice, but not everyone was working before this happened, so that's a lot of people left out from getting some kind of government assistance. Also, they decided to close down schools, so now you have a lot of >16 year old kids with laid off parents who are probably now trying to get any kind of job so that they can help themselves or their family. I think the government did not go hardline enough about supporting everyone, so they've created a sick situation where people are begging to go back to work during a pandemic instead of enjoying their once in a lifetime forced vacation.