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It's Wednesday, May 12th.

Today, we're have all the Uber drivers gone.

And how the pandemic economy fueled deadly protests in Colombia.

As people get vaccinated and as a lot of the pandemic lockdown measures are being eased,

people are going back to Uber and Lyft, particularly in major city centers,

in numbers that haven't been seen for months.

But there aren't enough drivers out there to meet that demand.

So basically, those drivers who quit in the face of the pandemic have not yet come back to the apps.

Fesadiki is a tech reporter for the post based in San Francisco.

He spoke to a producer, Sabi Robinson, about the shortage of drivers for Uber and Lyft,

and what that could mean for the future of rideshara apps.

So how did you come across this story?

Like, what made you first aware of this driver shortage problem?

The Uber and Lyft CEOs and their senior management alluded to this problem on their corporate earnings calls this week.

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