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Americans' deepening financial stress will make the coronavirus a lot harder to contain

  • Written by David Salkever, Professor Emeritus of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imageA growing number of Americans are feeling financial stress and unable to afford basics like food and health care.AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

Preventing deaths from COVID-19 depends on people who get it seeking treatment – which also allows authorities to track down whom they came in contact with to reduce spread.

But, as the economic pain and...

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