Millions of Americans holed up at home against coronavirus with many of them thrown out of work, and Wall Street stocks had their worst day since 1987
Hundreds of boats docked at the Elliott Bay Marina during the outbreak of coronavirus disease., shown in this aerial photo over Seattle, Washington, U.S. March 16, 2020.
The number of infections in the US climbed to about 4,300, with at least 78 deaths, two-thirds of them in hard-hit Washington state, where many residents of a suburban Seattle nursing home have been cut down by the virus. At least eight states called on all bars and restaurants to close at least part of the day. Casinos shut down in New Jersey.
Many of them won't get paid if they don't work. For those in a category that includes restaurant, hotel, amusement park, and casino workers, just one-third have access to paid sick leave, according to Wells Fargo. “I’ve never seen it like this," said Ed Turner, who owns Ed’s Public Safety in Stockbridge, Georgia, “This is self-preservation. This is panic. This is ’I won’t be able to protect my family from the hordes and the walking dead.'”
“There’s literally no work to go around,” he said. “You’re living off your savings. You’re liquidating your investment portfolio.”But “who’s going to come in for carry-outs? Not a lot of people tip on carry-outs,” waitress Danielle Livingston of Earl's Diner in Ferndale, Michigan, lamented.
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