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Why are so many people wary of contact tracing?
Nov 2, 2020

Why are so many people wary of contact tracing?

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A woman looks out from her front door while quarantining at home this April in Long Island, New York. John Moore/Getty Images
Plus: how the pandemic is changing the restaurant industry and leaving essential workers stuck at sea, and why thousands of people are being told to pay back their unemployment benefits.

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COVID-19

Drive-thrus are keeping the restaurant business rolling

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Nov 2, 2020
In a pandemic, the less contact with customers the better, and the chains that can pull that off are doing all right.
Drive-thru restaurants are faring better than full-service eateries.
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COVID-19

Survey shows mixed feelings about contract tracing, quarantining

by Jasmine Garsd
Nov 2, 2020
As cases surge in the U.S., experts are increasingly worried about cooperation with contract tracers.
A woman looks out from her front door while quarantining at home this April in Long Island, New York.
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COVID & Unemployment

States are telling some people to pay back unemployment benefits

by Samantha Fields
Oct 7, 2020
People around the country have received overpayment of benefits notices, and are facing the prospect of having to repay some or all of their unemployment benefits.
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COVID-19

The Fed wants to lend money to more small businesses, but many aren't interested

by Justin Ho
Nov 2, 2020
The central bank dropped the minimum loan amount under its Main Street Lending Program to $100,000. But not many businesses feel confident taking out loans they'll have to repay in five years.
A bartender prepares to open his bar in Ocean City, Maryland, amid the pandemic, May 29, 2020.
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COVID-19

The pandemic has left the private bus sector in crisis

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
Nov 2, 2020
Could private buses disappear? For one Nashville company, the answer may be yes without congressional aid.
Motorcoach owners and drivers rendezvous near O'Hare Airport on May 11 in Rosemont, Illinois.
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Filipino ship worker heads home after 6-month crew-change delay

by Scott Tong
Nov 2, 2020
Engineer Raymond Seguin had been at sea more than 400 days when he was finally able to return home.
An estimated 400,000 ship workers are unable to return home due to COVID-19.
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