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“Our goal is to keep going with our service levels as much as possible,” Vanderpool said. “I don’t want to take anything away from anybody.”
“Unemployment insurance is only a partial replacement for lost wages; if the worker doesn’t make a living wage to begin with, unemployment isn’t nearly enough.”
“In the remote model, people seeking freedom and autonomy in their jobs will become happier,” Haeger said. “The alternative is true for people who really thrive on the face to face.”
“Don’t be afraid to explore and reach out to people who have done something entrepreneurial. That’s the best way for you to learn whether this is the lifestyle for you.”
More than 176,000 people have died from COVID-19 and 5.6 million people have contracted the virus in the United States. In Tompkins County, 241 people have tested positive for the coronavirus and there have been two reported deaths.
“A great majority of the provisions in the USMCA are quite similar or identical to those in NAFTA … and I would call it a rebranding of NAFTA,” Lee said.
Since May, new listings and pending sales in Ithaca increased by 12.3 and 27.2 percent, respectively.
“I think COVID-19 has impacted everything for sure,” Simms said. “But at the same time, there’s nothing more you can do than to work hard and put your best foot forward.”
“I think that was the beginning of the decline of my mental health — which for most Cornell students isn’t necessarily great to begin with.”
Although necessary to reduce infections, Papachryssanthou compared such [health department] bulletins to “Scarlet Letters,” which have significant long-term impacts because “people just won’t forget that someone was infected there.”