From serving food to picking up trash\, these jobs could become impossible to do under the response to the coronavirus pandemic

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Security guards may have an impossible job during the coronavirus pandemic.

1. Servers and restaurant workers don't have the ability to work from home and their jobs require physical contact and depend on public participation.

1. Servers and restaurant workers don't have the ability to work from home and their jobs require physical contact and depend on public participation. — *Source: Business Insider*

2. Bartenders also have to work in-person around people.

2. Bartenders also have to work in-person around people. — *Source: Business Insider*

3. Retail workers can't do their jobs remotely, and their job depends on being around large groups of people.

3. Retail workers can't do their jobs remotely, and their job depends on being around large groups of people. — *Source: Business Insider*

4. Security workers' positions for events like concerts and sporting events depend on large public gatherings.

4. Security workers' positions for events like concerts and sporting events depend on large public gatherings.

5. Athletes, coaches, and other sports workers also depend on public gatherings to do their jobs, and several major sporting events have already been canceled due to concerns over the outbreak.

5. Athletes, coaches, and other sports workers also depend on public gatherings to do their jobs, and several major sporting events have already been canceled due to concerns over the outbreak. — *Source: Business Insider*

6. Whether its food or packages, delivery workers deal with multiple people in a shift, and they can't work from home.

6. Whether its food or packages, delivery workers deal with multiple people in a shift, and they can't work from home. — *Source: Business Insider*

7. The same is true about taxi and ride-share drivers ...

7. The same is true about taxi and ride-share drivers ... — *Source: Business Insider*

8. ... and bus and truck drivers.

9. Airport workers can't do their jobs remotely, and they are exposed to people from all over the world each day.

9. Airport workers can't do their jobs remotely, and they are exposed to people from all over the world each day. — *Source: USA Today*

10. So are flight attendants and pilots. Not only can they not work from home, but more than 100 airlines have also canceled flights over growing concerns about the outbreak.

10. So are flight attendants and pilots. Not only can they not work from home, but more than 100 airlines have also canceled flights over growing concerns about the outbreak. — *Source: Business Insider*

11. Construction workers can't do their jobs remotely.

11. Construction workers can't do their jobs remotely.

12. Neither can sanitation workers, who pick up trash.

12. Neither can sanitation workers, who pick up trash. — *Source: Business Insider*

13. Medical professionals can't do their jobs remotely, and they are one of the most at-risk jobs during the coronavirus outbreak as they are in close contact with several people.

13. Medical professionals can't do their jobs remotely, and they are one of the most at-risk jobs during the coronavirus outbreak as they are in close contact with several people. — *Source: Business Insider*

14. First responders, including firefighters, EMTs, and police officers, can't work from home. Their jobs also have a high risk of exposure to disease, and they work directly with the public.

14. First responders, including firefighters, EMTs, and police officers, can't work from home. Their jobs also have a high risk of exposure to disease, and they work directly with the public. — *Source: Business Insider*

15. Live performers can't do their jobs from home, and they rely on public participation to perform.

15. Live performers can't do their jobs from home, and they rely on public participation to perform. — *Source: Business Insider*

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