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April 17, 2020 Welcome to this edition of The Reader, your weekly roundup of Fortune stories and insights you need to know. As the pandemic surges on, we're reporting on how the virus is challenging various industries, such as how the $2 trillion stimulus package will test fintech's newest players.
COVID-19 continues to impact the world. South Korea underwent the world's first election in the coronavirus era. The future of privacy and government surveillance is in flux. Plus, 32 different COVID tests received emergency approval in the U.S. in the past month—and we break down the important details.
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This week, we surveyed 5,755 U.S. workers on how they've been personally impacted by the economic slowdown. A few things we found noteworthy:
18% ... of the U.S. workforce say they've lost their jobs. Another 29% say they've seen their hours or pay cut.
22% ... of employed U.S. adults are worried they will lose their jobs. On the other hand, 52% say they aren't worried. Unsurprisingly, low-income adults are more worried (57%) than high-income ones (35%).
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“As a global agency, WHO has adapted a system to assess the number of countries and regions affected, so its top-numbered categories describe spread, not death rate. So while swine flu indeed became one of the most widespread diseases in human history, it did not have the death rate with which we assume a pandemic is usually associated. In this case, a nuance, but what a misleading nuance. Will people treat the next pandemic, which could be far more lethal, less seriously now that they’ve seen—and survived—a mild one?” —How to prevent the next global crisis by Larry Brilliant, March 2010 . This email was sent to newsletter@newslettercollector.com Unsubscribe | Edit your newsletter subscriptions
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