Literally care connects us all, literally.

I don't care where you come from, what work you do, what your experience is, where you live,

it really does connect us.

I'm Nora McNeerney and this is Terrible Thanks for asking.

This is one episode in a series of episodes about care in America.

In our previous episode we talked about care at the end of life and this week we're talking

about the kind of care that picks up where we leave off.

The kind of care that shows up when our loved ones are sick or dying and we can't be there

around the clock.

The kind of care that wipes our baby's butts and feeds them and snuggles them while we

go to work.

The kind of care that scrubs the floors or does the dishes for us.

It's all the work we talked about in the first episode of this series with Eve Rodzki,

the work we do for our loved ones, but done by people who are paid to do it when we can't

or when we don't want to.

We've had all these conversations in and around the pandemic and if you're listening

in the far future, it's a weird time for everyone.

Unemployment rates have hit record highs in the US and the pandemic has been an absolute

crisis for domestic workers especially.

The National Domestic Workers Alliance found in their research that less than a third

of care workers received the $1200 stimulus check and many have been unable to make rent

payments for at least six consecutive months.

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