COVID pandemic escalates burden of work, childcare at Clemson
Cynthia Gaines never used to dread work. But that was before the pandemic when her job as a maintenance worker at the Allen Reeves Clemson football facility was steady and her sister and niece still had jobs. Her grandsons were also in school, so she didn't need to feed them three times a day. It was also before she was afraid of the coronavirus. "Some days I just start crying because I have to go to work," Gaines, who is Black, said. "Because I’m afraid. I don’t know who’s going to get it next. If I'll get it."