(NPR) 'We Need Help': People At Higher Coronavirus Risk Fear Losing Federal Unemployment

'We Need Help': People At Higher Coronavirus Risk Fear Losing Federal Unemployment

Lauren Van Netta in her apartment in New Orleans. "We don't have a whole lot of options that don't involve risking our lives," she says. "We need help. We really do."



Lauren Van Netta


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Lauren Van Netta

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'We Need Help': People At Higher Coronavirus Risk Fear Losing Federal Unemployment

An extra $600 a week in federal unemployment runs out at the end of July — even for people with underlying health conditions who are at much greater risk if they contract COVID-19.