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1. By my estimation...
Sat Aug 1, 2020, 06:07 PM
Aug 2020

Now that we will have that lapse in the extra IU payments and no stimulus check for now, by the end of this month, there may be many people on their way to the streets, (in areas that allow for quicker evictions).

The options are to move in with family, (probably not friends due to landlord restrictions), couch surf until that option runs out, or get a tent, sleeping bag and other camping gear and hit the streets.

That may be the most striking outcome of the high unemployment numbers and it will grow as we go into Fall and the numbers begin to snowball.

Not only is the economy going to take a hit overall from less spending and activity, but this will also impact C1-19 spread and vulnerability. You can not stay in a tent all day, every day, for many, many reasons.

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