Here is a link to actual data on the effect of the pandemic on the American economy. It's a website, "Track The Recovery," maintained by a group of economists led by Harvard professor Raj Chetty. Bloomberg News has a good description of Professor Chetty's work, and the data on which it's based, here.
Among the most pointed findings is that "the recession has nearly ended for high-wage workers, but job losses persist for low-wage workers." The money quote from the Bloomberg article:
On video calls with dozens of Democrats and Republicans in Congress, as well as Treasury officials and state and local policymakers, his message has been consistent: Get the virus under control at all costs—a task the U.S. has so far failed at pitifully. No matter how many businesses are allowed to reopen, normal economic life will not resume until their customers feel they’re no longer at risk of contagion. In the meantime, he tells them, target assistance to the people, businesses, and places that need it. There’s no use sending stimulus checks to people making $150,000 a year or cutting their payroll taxes. They have plenty of money; what they lack is places to safely spend it.