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‘How did things wind up like this?’ America’s freshly out of work come to grips with coronavirus fallout

‘How did things wind up like this?’ America’s freshly out of work come to grips with coronavirus fallout

BRAND-NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Across the United States, thousands of waiters, cooks, hotel personnel, actors, bartenders and workers in other sectors have actually all of a sudden discovered themselves jobless as the coronavirus pandemic has scythed through the world’s most significant economy.

Images of customers in the entertainment industry line the walls at Mambos Cuban dining establishment, which is being required to close, after 32 years, by the worldwide outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Glendale, California, U.S., March 18,2020 REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

This abrupt reversal of fortune for the financial victims of the infection occurred almost overnight, turning lives upside down as their places of work shuttered or lowered staffing. Imagine the future have been changed by fret about today: “How do I pay my lease” or “How do I pay for food?”

While some ponder returning home to their parents briefly to assist make ends fulfill, others are too scared to take this action, stressed they may expose older liked ones to the virus. And many are now getting welfare for the very first time in their lives.

A couple of hours after ending her shift on Wednesday, Nyiasha Johnson got a call from a co-worker with devastating news: she had actually lost her task at Philadelphia International Airport, among hundreds of contract service workers struck by airline company cuts.

” My initial thought procedure was how am I going to pay my bills. Do I need to contact my proprietor now since the rent is two weeks away?” Johnson, 40, informed Reuters. “I’m really stressed emotionally, confused. Just attempting to stay

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