“Seventy-two percent of them reported that they had lost all of their clients by the first week of April, according to a survey by the National Domestic Workers Alliance. The fortunate had employers who continued to pay them. The unlucky called or texted their employers and heard nothing back. They weren’t laid off so much as ghosted, en masse.” NYT: Housekeepers Face a Disaster Generations in the Making. You’ll feel like you need to be disinfected after reading the opening anecdote in this article.