Coronavirus (COVID-19)

[marshlander]

I don't know how other countries are handling the shutdown but it seems the UK is giving people who are unemployed 80% of their normal salary.

That's only been true for people in recognised employment or some classes of the self-employed. Those of us who are self-employed sole-traders, who earn below the tax threshold, and yet somehow manage without tapping into the social security system get no help at all, even though we've lost all our paid work too.