The survey data she cites is pretty weak and seems to be the only real evidence: >A Pew Research Center survey this year found that 66 percent of the unemploye

The survey data she cites is pretty weak and seems to be the only real evidence: >A Pew Research Center survey this year found that 66 percent of the unemployed had “seriously considered” changing their field of work, a far greater percentage than during the Great Recession. People who used to work in restaurants or travel are finding higher-paying jobs in warehouses or real estate, for example. Or they want a job that is more stable and less likely to be exposed to the coronavirus — or any other deadly virus down the road. Consider that grocery stores shed over 49,000 workers in April and nursing care facilities lost nearly 20,000.