As the strand of coronavirus that causes the disease COVID-19 spreads across the United States, people must protect themselves, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
While the pandemic is bad news for the health of Americans and the U.S. health-care infrastructure, it’s great news for scammers, who are cashing in on anxiety about the disease. The Better Business Bureau advises people to look out for fake cures, phony prevention measures and other coronavirus cons.
With the coronavirus spreading and equity investors panicking, you might be wondering where this all will lead.
Although the coronavirus may be new, it certainly isn’t the first pandemic to strike the world. AIDS first appeared in June 1981. Since then we’ve had SARS, avian flu, swine flu, MERS, Ebola and Zika, to name a few.
List: Los Altos restaurants operating during shutdown
List: Mountain View restaurants operating during shutdown
List: Los Altos retail shops operating during shutdown
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