Except when the lockdown ends, people will be forced to go back to work, into a world we’re a pandemic is thriving and killing thousands daily. If they decide not to go back to work, they lose their unemployment which is their only form of income. So no, ending the lockdown won’t give people the choice.
No one is forcing them to go back to work. They can stay home. Sure they might lose their job and/or benefits but that's a noble sacrifice for one's own health, right? I mean it is the same sacrifice some 30 million Americans (and counting) have made, and not just for their own health, but yours and everyone else's as well........you know, the "greater good" and that whole chestnut. And they didn't have a choice in the matter.
You however seem to think that an individual having to make the choice between financial stability and their own health is an unfair one. It's almost as if you believe a loss of income and financial stability can be quite detrimental. Spoiler alert; it can.
To take a quote from the Coli Death Cult; "you won't understand until it affects you or your family." It isn't much fun when you're looking down the barrel of the gun, now is it?
Yet and still there is good news champ. Well, depending upon your state that is. You see, in Texas, if you are receiving benefits and recalled to work there are a number of COVID related reasons that allow you to refuse to go back to work and still retain said benefits. And there doesn't seem to be a way to verify whatever reason you select. You may want to look at your own state and see if there is something similar in place.
So yes, there is a choice for those people. I don't have that choice despite being in the midst of this pandemic FOR TWO MONTHS STRAIGHT. If I got scared and quit I wouldn't get anything. It's only for those who have been sitting at home. Fair? Not really. But such is life. We always don't get the outcome that aligns with our agenda.