Nov 2, 2020

Why are so many people wary of contact tracing?

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.

Bruce Bennett/Getty Images

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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.

John Moore/Getty Images

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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.

JJ Gouin via Getty Images

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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.

Alex Edelman/AFP via Getty Images

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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.

Scott Olson/Getty Images

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COVID-19

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.

Burak Kara/Getty Images

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Music from the episode

Tell Me Groove Theory

Chamakay Blood Orange

Send My Love (To Your New Lover) Adele

Cleva Erykah Badu, Roy Ayers

Glowing Light Richard Houghten

Kill The Lights (with Nile Rodgers) Alex Newell, DJ Cassidy, Vinyl on HBO, Nile Rodgers

The team

Nancy Farghalli Executive Producer

Maria Hollenhorst Producer II

Sean McHenry Director & Associate Producer II

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