most governments were telling the truth: "we dont know what we are doing but we have to try and experiment a lock down" the lie was in "help money is coming" they thought "but the money is not for you business but for my friends business". I believe some modern 'economic activity' can be machine-only also, example when your robot vacuum-cleaner does it alone you are replacing a human activity but anyways spending energy that you pay also, but cheaper than paying for a human maid and a manual vacuum-cleaner.