Laborer jobs. Nowadays, gig work is associated with platforms. Apps. These are temporary jobs that you get through your phone. Host lets look at some of the numbers from the Labor Department to see the trajectory of an unemployment in the country as a result is what has happened with the pandemic. March 21, we had 3. 5 million jobless claims. The following week, 6. 8 million. The week ending april 4, 6. 6 million. Right now, we are approaching nearly 17 million americans claiming unemployment benefits. Guest thats right. Theres no doubt about it. This is a very serious economic crisis, stemming from this Major Public Health crisis. Host for those who are driving uber, working parttime, minimumwage jobs, what are the options for them . Well, as your previous speaker suggested, some companies are benefiting from this crisis. Companies such as amazon, instacart, uber drivers. Other companies are hurting. Theres a lot of variety in the gig economy. Some are doing well. Some jobs are openin
Minutes. Gov. Desantis good morning. I wanted to start by just noting that we are in holy week. Over the last few days, we have been in contact with a lot of religious leaders throughout the state, both at the christian and jewish communities. And we want to discuss with them their plans for these upcoming events, both passover and easter. Our message is basically adhere to social distancing guidelines. I think what a lot of churches have done in terms of online services, some have even done outdoors for people to stay in their car. I think theyve been innovative, i think that will ultimately be something that matters a lot to people, but we also pointed out the risk of having a packed gathering right now, given what we are going through. You look at different parts around the country, there have been different events such as i was talking to the georgia governor, they had a big funeral and that really spread hroughout the folks. It would be a potential to have a super spreader, and th
Gov. Desantis good morning. I wanted to start by just noting that we are in holy week. Over the last few days, we have been in contact with a lot of religious leaders throughout the state, both at the christian and jewish communities. And adhere to social distancing guidelines, what a lot of churches have done in terms of online services, some have even done outdoors for people to stay in their car. En done outdoors for people to stay in their car. I think theyve been innovative, i think that will ultimately be something that matters a lot to people, but we also pointed out the risk of having a packed gathering right now, given what we are going through. You look at different parts around the country, there have been different events such as i was talking to the georgia governor, they had a big funeral and that really spread hroughout the folks. It would be a potential to have a super spreader, and that would eventually have really Serious Health consequences to folks. We want people d
Gov. Desantis good morning. I wanted to start by just noting that we are in holy week. Over the last few days, we have been in contact with a lot of religious leaders throughout the state, both at the christian and jewish communities. And we want to discuss with them their plans for these upcoming events, both passover and easter. Our message is basically adhere to social distancing guidelines, what a lot of churches have done in terms of online services, some have even done outdoors for people to stay in their car. I think theyve been innovative, i think that will ultimately be something that matters a lot to people, but we also pointed out the risk of having a packed gathering right now, given what we are going through. You look at different parts around the country, there have been different events such as i was talking to the georgia governor, they had a big funeral and that really spread throughout the folks. It would be a potential to have a super spreader, and that would eventua
If you are recently unemployed, 202 7488002. We begin with the numbers, courtesy of Johns Hopkins university. 1. 9 million confirmed cases. The death toll around the globe, 125,000. In the u. S. , 600,000 confirmed cases. The death toll has now exceeded 25,000. This is a piece from the wall street journal that is focused on the pandemic. The headline is, Coronavirus Crisis legacy mountains of debt. He writes the following. The full impact of the coronavirus pandemic may take years to play out. One outcome is already clear. , andnment, business households will be loaded with mountains of Additional Debt. The federal government budget deficit will reach 3. 6 trillion in this fiscal year. 2. 4 trillion the year after that. Businesses are drawing down Bank Credit Lines. Preliminary signs are emerging that some households are turning to credit for funds. The debt surge is set to shape how governments and the private sector function long after this virus is tamed. He joins us from his home i