'People are terrified': Daily life is on hold as Americans practice 'social distancing' to slow the growth of coronavirus. Andy Sullivan and LaurenYoung report
- In Texas, a photographer worries about paying his bills. In Pennsylvania, an aspiring dancer struggles with a canceled audition. In suburban Los Angeles, a mother wonders whether anyone will show up for her son’s bar mitzvah.
“I stood 6 feet away and gave him air hugs,” said Taylor, whose mother passed away in February. “I thought: ‘This might be the last time I get to see my dad.’” As a self-employed freelancer, he worries he may not qualify for unemployment aid and other safety-net benefits for those who lose their jobs.
The Life Care Center of Kirkland, a long-term care facility linked to several confirmed coronavirus cases, is pictured in Kirkland, Washington, U.S. March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson“People just get very anxious when there’s so much up in the air and out of control, especially on a college campus in the city where germs run rampant,” said Alexandra Tananbaum, a 23-year-old post-baccalaureate medical student at New York University.
Levine considered canceling the event but is proceeding for the sake of her son, who has been working hard for a year to recite a portion of the Torah at his bar mitzvah.Business executive Amy Hammer Nelson had to pull the plug on a cocktail reception at a conference in Maryland earlier in the week, losing $5,000 and a chance for her company to boost its profile in the insurance industry. Now she was considering whether to cancel other business trips.
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