While many seniors initially stayed home in March and April as shelter-in-place mandates rolled out across the state, others have returned to their jobs during the pandemic in order to pay the bills.
“I’m the kind of person I take life as it goes. I believe you’re going to die somehow,” Aponte said about working during the pandemic. “When your time is up, it’s up. I’m a risk taker.”
The demand for transportation services, like Uber or Lyft, has dropped significantly during the pandemic, but interest in delivery services like Shipt or Instacart, is increasing, said Dmitri Koustas, assistant professor in the Harris Public Policy program at The University of Chicago.
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