Tag: COVID-19

Older workers hurt only slightly more than prime age. Recessions hurt workers, so employment is down for people of all ages. The question is the relative experience of older individuals. Older workers have faced both an economy with high levels of unemployment and a virus that puts them more at risk than their younger counterparts.&nbs…

The federal government warns that older Americans are being targeted by a battery of financial scams, including telemarketers offering to do contact tracing – for a fee – or to reserve a slot for a future vaccine. Others are soliciting donations to charities purportedly helping people in need during the economic slowdown. COVID-19 makes this…