"not an #essentialservice" debates

  Essential services may refer to a class of occupations that have been legislated by a government to have special restrictions in regard to labour actions such as not being allowed to legally strike.  The International Labour Office, a United Nations agency, makes distinctions between an essential service and a minimum service.[1]  Industries defined as essential services differ based on the organization or government, but generally include services such as hospitals and other healthcare, utilities such as electricity and water supply, law enforcement and firefighting, and food services.  Public health emergencies "Essential services" may also refer to those services that are vital to the health and welfare of a population and therefore are essential to maintain even in a disaster.[2]

 During the 2019–20 #coronaviruspandemic, many jurisdictions ordered non-essential services to close for a period of several weeks in an effort to control the spread of the virus.[3] The United States Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued a nation-wide guidance document that defined activities that the Agency had determined to be "essential" to the control of the pandemic and the management of its effects.[4] weki