NYC And COVID-19: How Waiting In Line For The Test Is A Business Opportunity : NPR
Ben Ellman toggle caption Ben Ellman A line forms outside a COVID-19 testing clinic in Lower Manhattan. Long waits have created a business opportunity for line standers who used to queue up for others at Broadway shows and other major events. Ben Ellman As stores are about to open on Chambers Street in Lower Manhattan, a man sits on a stool at the front of a line of people waiting for COVID-19 tests. The time "5:38 a.m." is scrawled on the pavement in front of him in eye-catching yellow. "I let my chalk do the talking," says Robert Samuel, explaining th...