On the UK’s high streets, coronavirus poses a special kind of threat | Tom Grindrod

If retail workers like me work sick, then you get sick. But not going to work can mean not paying the rent

It's a strange time to be working at a prominent high-street fashion retailer. For many in the UK, this week has been one of self-isolation: staying away from work, stocking up on essential items, sealing themselves off from the threat of infection. Yet for many others, self-isolation is an economic impossibility - it means being unable to afford to pay rent, or afford food at the end of the month.

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