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beyond sweeping health concerns. The Corona virus outbreak also has some worried about their financial future as well as their mental health. One in 10 Americans said their business has shuttered completely, at least for the time being, according to a new Axios Ipsos poll of nearly 1100 adults. Higher ups have asked 1/5 toe work from home and 1/4 are finding it harder to work with everything going on. And it extends to their financial future, too, with 43% saying therefore, one K or retirement plan has suffered and one in five households have already seen a layoff or a reduced work schedule per an NPR PBS NewsHour Marist poll that includes 1/4 of households earning less than $50,000 annually. These factors are no doubt contributing to the stress many Americans air feeling right now, while 82% in the Axios Ipsos poll said their physical health had not changed in the last week. Nearly 1/4 said their mental health has taken a hit within that time frame, and 29% said the same about their emotional well being.