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Jasmine Garsd

Senior Reporter

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COVID-19

In some NY communities hard hit by COVID-19, bodegas are lifelines

by Jasmine Garsd
Apr 24, 2020
Some neighborhoods depend on them as main suppliers of essential goods. Hundreds have had to close because of the coronavirus.
One of hundreds of bodegas in New York City closed by COVID-19.
Photo courtesy Francisco Marte
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Netflix raises more debt. Is it sustainable?

by Jasmine Garsd
Apr 22, 2020
Netflix’s jump in viewership, driven by the lockdown, may be temporary.
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings. The entertainment company, popular with quarantined viewers, is taking on debt.
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Beach towns to tourists: we love you, but stay home

by Jasmine Garsd
Apr 21, 2020
Beach towns that normally rely on tourism are hurting during the COVID-19 shutdown.
A beautiful stretch of Key West, Florida, seacoast is almost empty of visitors.
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"Delete the delivery apps," say restaurants hard hit by COVID-19

by Jasmine Garsd
Apr 16, 2020
Some food delivery services charge as much as 40% in fees. That's cutting into restaurants' bottom line.
Food delivery orders have doubled since the COVID-19 outbreak began, according to the website Yelp,
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Business is booming for therapy apps, but what really works?

by Jasmine Garsd
Apr 15, 2020
The apps promise to match clients to online therapists for as little as $40 a week.
In the era of shelter in place, online therapy has become the norm.
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Postal Service could come to a halt by June as it bleeds cash

by Jasmine Garsd
Apr 13, 2020
The pandemic has caused another sharp decline in business.
COVID-19 has caused another sharp decline in USPS' business, and the cost of keeping employees outfitted in gloves and masks is adding to its financial troubles.
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There's already a shortage of big-rig truck drivers, and the pandemic may make it worse

by Jasmine Garsd
Apr 10, 2020
Many DMVs and driver-training schools are closed, making it impossible for new drivers to get behind the wheel.
The global COVID-19 pandemic has only made it harder to fill a truck driver shortage.
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COVID-19 is not the great equalizer; it's hitting black communities hardest

by Jasmine Garsd
Apr 8, 2020
"We're talking about some fundamental issues in terms of how our society is ordered and structured," one professor says.
Staff and volunteers hold a drive for personal protective equipment to donate to hospitals in Chicago, where 70% of people who have died from COVID-19 are African American.
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Too much virtual connection can be a bad thing

by Jasmine Garsd
Apr 6, 2020
With millions working from home, video chats are on the rise. They can be exhausting.
A substitute teacher in Bethesda, Maryland, works from home on April 1, 2020.
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Funeral services in the age of COVID-19: "You have no idea what it's like"

by Jasmine Garsd
Apr 3, 2020
The things that can make funerals cathartic aren’t possible right now.
Due to a surge in deaths caused by the Coronavirus, hospitals are using refrigerator trucks as makeshift morgues. Above, medical workers remove a body from a refrigerator truck outside of the Brooklyn Hospital on March 31.
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