like lindsay ferguson. >> at the end of the month, i lose my full time job, which is rent money, buth insurance, which is why i'm doing everything i can to schedule my dental cleanings and my blood panels while i still have coverage. because come the end of the month, i lose my full time job. paul: and finds herself back, like about a third of all gig workers, with side hustles as the only income she's got. for the pbs newshour, paul solman. ♪ geoff: in the day's other headlines, the world health organization declared an end to covid-19 as a glal emergency. it marked a symbolic intoan era. officially, covert's plan for 7 million deaths worldwide, including more than one million in the u.s. the actual toll is expected to be 20 million with thousands more dying every week. in geneva, the who's director general noted most countries looked at restrictions but he warned against complacency. >> the worst thing any country could do now is to use this news as a reason to let down its guard, to dismantle the systems it has built, or to send the message to its people that covid-19 is nothing t

. >> that is not 38-year-old lindsay ferguson's sole side hustle. >> i performed in the bay area with various dance troops. i perform burlesque. i take photos of myself -- i'm a model -- and i sell those shots online for money. >> pretty much anything you can do in the regular economy you can do in the gig economy. >> kathy run's sidehussle.com which hooks up freelancers with gigs. >> there's a website that will allow you to take in other people's laundry. almost any service you can provide, there is an online platform that will help you market that service. >> and supplement income from your regular job, assuming you have one. >> all the work that i do and the site hustles that i do does not keep up with the work -- the rate of inflation, which is why i need to supplement them with the various gigs i do. >> spencer is a puppeteer. >> i work full-time for a nonprofit agency right outside new york city, and on the side, i'm a freelance puppeteer. >> and that's why your arm is was he there? >> yup, that's why i have one of my puppets right here. >> he's among the few who makes enough at