Low-income workers and women may suffer disproportionate financial damage as U.S. businesses and schools close to slow the spread of Covid-19. Washington is now scrambling to soften the economic blow. Congress and the White House pushed through a relief package that originated in the Democratic-controlled House to extend paid sick leave, food assistance and coronavirus testing. A further proposal is reportedly coming together in the Republican-controlled Senate, expected to include loans to airlines and grants for local governments and small businesses. On Thursday, the Treasury secretary called for direct payments to taxpayers of $1,000 per adult and $500 per child. A second wave of payments could follow if the economy continues to spiral. Each round is projected to cost $250 billion. The U.S. could sell 50-year bonds to help finance that. The number of infected Americans is skyrocketing, and deaths are rising. U.S. officials are responding to the crisis, potentially worsened by weeks of testing delays and downplaying by the Trump administration, with huge sums of taxpayer dollars. The question is whether that cash can buy a measure of normalcy in abnormal times. —Philip Gray Did you see this? Age is a risk factor for infection, but youth is no guarantee of immunity. Some 705 of the first 2,500 cases in the U.S. were in people 20 to 44 years old. However, Italy reports that 99% of coronavirus patients who died had a pre-existing condition. The Trump administration says it will keep trying to slash food stamps for 700,000 poor Americans, appealing a judge's injunction against such cuts during an economic and humanitarian crisis. The American Civil Liberties Union is demanding that the U.S. release immigration detainees at risk from the Covid-19 virus. American parents working from home have the world's most distracting co-workers. Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden vowed to pick a woman as his running mate if he becomes the Democratic presidential nominee. But Greek voters are thinking even bigger: Greece's first female president just took office. We love chartsThe trajectory of Covid-19 infections in Asia could give a preview of how the pandemic will play out in Europe, the Americas and beyond. But scientists remain unsure of how the outbreak will eventually unfold.  Life in a shuttered ItalyItaly, with its streets empty and hospitals full, is working through the stages of pandemic acceptance. Dwelling in denial for too long, the nation is now almost totally shut down in a desperate bid to halt the virus. Its health care system is buckling and hundreds of deaths are reported daily. From their vantage point, Italians are watching other countries make the same deadly mistakes: deny, deny, deny ... and then panic.  | 
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