Everyone is essential.
Every job.
Every business.
Every customer.
Every church.
Every family.
Every North Carolinian.
YOU are essential.
https://www.fayobserver.com/opinion/20200421/rep-dan-bishop-time-for-nc-to-get-back-to-work …
You are completely right, everyone is essential. However, we have been closed long enough that the damage is done. You say 12 - 18 months, follow guidelines. Hello, humans don't do that, we are like children, including you. We don't do as we're told.