Some economic calculations for Covid-19

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I have long advocated stopping all activities for a couple of months. Now I say 21 days...at least twenty one days? Let every employer pay 21 days pay upfront. Let essentials be rationed through govt. department - people have to buy these within 3 days and stay put in their homes. Only health care workers police and those in electricity fire fighting or water departments will work. No visiting, no partying, and apps to indicate where the person is. Strictly follow the rules. Now, 21 days - 3 days = 18 working days. That is the loss, right? 18 x 8 hours per day = 144 hours. Let people work 1 hour extra after those 21 days for the rest of the year. The business does not run into losses, instead gets additional monies. The government gets more taxes. There is cost saving as far as medical costs is concerned. There is life saving of people as well as exhausted health care workers. And equipment will be enough, hospitals will not be overcrowded, no cleaning will be needed of buses, trains, air crafts, etc. So saving of cleaning fluids. No need for excess masks which will now be available for health care workers. Skeletal businesses will run. But do we need to have garment factories running? Or shoe businesses? Or eateries? Jewelry shops? Electronic shops? We can reduce a lot of possibilities if we act this way and still improve our economies.