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This photo provided by Natasja Billiau, shows a handwritten school schedule she devised for the first time to homeschool her 5-year-old daughter and 8-year-old son Thursday, March 12, 2020, after Seattle schools closed due to the coronavirus. Billiau's husband is also working from home and they family is trying to pack up their house for a move in two weeks. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (Natasja Billiau via AP)

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Americans adjust to new life, hunker down amid coronavirus
March 12, 2020 3:57 p.m.

Americans adjust to new life, hunker down amid coronavirus

Workers lost their jobs, parents came up with impromptu home lesson plans for children kept home from shuttered schools. Families fretted over dwindling retirements accounts, the health of elderly parents, and every cough and sneeze in their midst.