Governments and restaurant owners wanted to get back to business. But bars and restaurants have become a focal point for clusters of COVID-19 infections.

Some shareholders question handling of Steve Easterbrook’s departure, supervision of the company.

This wave of silent failures goes uncounted in part because real-time data on small business is notoriously scarce, and because owners of small firms often have no debt, and thus no need for bankruptcy court.

Hailed as “heroes” at the onset of the pandemic, supermarket employees now say they are overworked, overwhelmed and feeling expendable again.