Pickup and delivery services keep the economy stimulated

Question: Is it ethical to have pickup and delivery services available during the coronavirus pandemic?
Position1 of 2›: Yes, it is ethical to have pickup and delivery services during the coronavirus pandemic
Argument‹2 of 2: Pickup and delivery services keep the economy stimulated

During a time where many business are closed and people aren't spending as much money, it is important to keep the economy stimulated as much as possible to prevent a total economic collapse.

The argument

The ethical question is usually posed as a trade between safety and convenience, and this position answers it by denying that convenience is what is at stake. Since the coronavirus has made in-person shopping dangerous, more people have turned to online shopping and food services, so pickup and delivery are not an addition to ordinary commerce but what remains of it. Withdrawing them would not trim economic activity back to a safer level; it would remove the last channel through which much of that activity can happen at all. That matters because of what the alternative is held to cost. It is important to continue to spend normally to prevent a global economic collapse that could last for years, and a collapse of that duration is itself a source of harm, falling hardest on the people with least to fall back on. Weighed against a risk that businesses are actively working to reduce, since many are taking extra steps to ensure sanitation so they can continue to provide to customers, the argument treats the economic danger as the larger of the two. The second strand concerns the workers themselves, and it turns on who gets to make the judgement. Most essential employees that work in delivery or pickup services prefer to continue working during the coronavirus pandemic, because they rely on their income to survive, and on that basis they consider the risk of catching or spreading the disease worth taking. Shutting the services down in the name of protecting those workers would remove the income they have said they need, and would do so without their agreement. Proponents conclude that continuing to use delivery and pickup services during a pandemic is ethical precisely because it is what keeps businesses afloat while providing an income for the essential employees who depend on it.

Premises

[P1]Maintaining normal consumer spending through pickup and delivery services is necessary to prevent a prolonged global economic collapse. [P2] Essential workers in delivery and pickup roles depend on this income and prefer to keep working despite the risks. [P3] Businesses are taking extra sanitation measures to make these services reasonably safe to operate. [C] Therefore, it is ethical to keep pickup and delivery services available during the coronavirus pandemic because they sustain both the economy and workers' livelihoods.

Counter-arguments

Delivery and pickup service employees do not receive enough pay to justify the risk they pose to themselves and others during the coronavirus pandemic. People are ordering items and food that aren't necessary for their survival without thinking about how they are putting others at risk. A delivery person can interact with numerous people throughout the day, increasing the chance of contamination. In order to make delivery and pickup services ethical, essential employees need higher pay, or should not have to endanger themselves for their job.

Rejecting the premises

[Rejecting P3] Delivery and pickup service employees deserve higher pay for working during the coronavirus pandemic.