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COVID-19 watch Tracking Hardship - July 24, 2020 |
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The time is NOW edition. As of this weekend, the $600/week Pandemic Unemployment Compensation will expire. Majority Leader McConnell has not yet even been able to get his caucus to agree on a COVID-19 relief package to put forward (they say they will have one on Monday, July 27). At a time when unemployment claims are rising again and spiking COVID-19 cases (more than 4 million) are paralyzing business activity, Congress must act NOW to protect people from health threats and severe economic hardship. Evictions and hunger not seen since the Great Depression are a grave threat to millions of us. The Senate’s failure to join the House in enacting COVID recovery legislation similar to the House’s HEROES Act threatens to turn a manageable although painful economic shock into a long-term economic disaster – the time for action is now.
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5,998 |
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Deaths from COVID-19 over the past week (7/17-7/23). Starting on July 21, deaths jumped to over 1,000 per day. There were more than 144,000 U.S. deaths through 7/24. |
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3.7 times; 3.5 times |
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The age-adjusted Black death rate from COVID is 3.7x that of whites; for Indigenous people, it is 3.5x that of whites (as of July 22). |
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Half…or more |
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How many households lost income from work since March 13? 50.1%. For Latinx households, 62%; for Black households, 57%; for Asian households, 52%; for white households, 45% (for week ending July 14). |
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1-2 days |
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How long until the $600/week Pandemic Unemployment Compensation will expire for 25 million jobless workers. (It’s July 25 for all states except NY, which is July 26.) Tweet this. |
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3 days |
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How long until the Senate Republicans say they will even make public a COVID relief bill (Monday, July 27), which must ultimately be negotiated with the House-passed HEROES bill. By then, 25 million will have lost their $600/week UI. Tweet this. |
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For the full report, click here. Sign the petition: The Senate must join the House in enacting COVID recovery legislation similar to the House’s HEROES act. Share this on Facebook and Twitter.
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