Agree, it is heartbreaking. If you enjoy the incubation period of a small business more than the successful years that follow, the next 5 years will be a sight to see. Sure, we will have a vaccine by then but I do agree that society will be changed for the next decade or maybe much longer. Hell, my grandparents still kept cash in the freezer due to their distrust of banks. 60 years later and the great depression was still affecting their way of thinking.
The entrepreneurial spirit is strong and any vacuums will be filled. I know a guy that owns a unique blasting (as in sand) service that is currently outfitting his trailer units so they have the ability to spray disinfectant at various businesses.
Dont get me wrong, the pain and heartache is and will be real for many small/medium size businesses....and I feel greatly for those people.
Some folk's business will go under and lives will be ruined, some will see a new opportunity, some will be more apt to flex and bend toward a new way of doing what they do.