I understand this perspective, but I think it fails to take into account the bigger issues here. While programmers and other knowledge economy workers can work remotely and keep getting paid in relative comfort and safety, millions of people have jobs that cannot be remote and have no savings or stocks to fall back on. My point is that the article is out of touch with the meaning of the crisis for 90% of the population, and the issue with the wealthy being the only ones able to come out ahead in times of crisis is troubling.
I’m not sure. I think that the issue is systematic for a country with the kind of economic inequalities that we have; the wealthy will always be able to rebound from crises like this as long as these inequalities exist. I think the best thing to do would be to suspend rent payments/evictions and provide more expansive unemployment benefits so that people who can’t work are able to continue to buy food and supplies until the crisis is over. Taking the advice of health experts and making orders like shelter-in-place run federally instead of by each governor would also be a good idea.
I'm writing code / getting paid to do a thing(s) because of COVID, is just part of keep calm and carry on.