the fact that we have seen the number on her burlap taxi drivers yet in fact me is a red flag lyft and uber are having their workers playing Russian roulette with the lives of many families and members of the general public that is just fundamentally wrong as the number of cases of coronavirus rises worldwide gig workers like couriers or rideshare drivers are particularly vulnerable first their health we’re still trying to get our arms around the exactly spread of this taxi virus but we’ve clearly seen a number of Berlin drivers getting infected one of the things we know is droplet contact is important what eating with coffees you release micro droplets people come into contact with those droplets with their hands and then they’re touching face that’s a mode of transmission it’s only awareness of more exposed to released in most other members of the public simply because spending my entire day with complete strangers in very close proximity without any significant protections but it’s not just the contact with people that put them uniquely at risk big workers don’ t get full benefits like full-time employees things like subsidized health care and paid time off that’s why even alva and other members of the group gig workers rising are trying to force companies like lyft uber doordash Amazon and others to give them full benefits when people don’t get paid sick days it means they do not take care of themselves it means they postpone going to the doctors that they end up working rather than staying at home if I don’t work I can’t pay my bills period now months into this international health crisis the companies are starting to change their policies both uber and lyft now offer payments to drivers who have been diagnosed with coronavirus or have been quarantined by public health officials uber says that it’s already begun to pay out some drivers but right now with testing not easily available actually getting a diagnosis that you have coronavirus can be hard if not impossible and on top of that the companies haven’t said how much they’ll pay drivers who do test positive or are quarantined when people if they get in coughing a roll the windows down in the back a little bit and kind of you know circulate the air around the car I’m not gonna walk around here with a mask on scaring people off for the rain Hanks coronavirus is no scarier than anything else you might be exposed to the Romo is not the only virus that can get you sick from other people so I’m concerned about Every virus and I’m very precautious and so you know I have my little 91 proof alcohol you know it kills everything it kills everything in a chemical lab it will kill everything in this car both uber and lyft are encouraging their drivers now to disinfect the cars regularly and both companies are offering supplies for them to do it but for a gig worker cleaning their cars cost time and time equals the money I live without safety net as a result you start your day and you think to yourself is today going to be the day where something bad happens and my financial life is going to be completely derailed
