This is in historic time.

This is going to be a multi-year fight.

Why is it taking so long to get a screening test?

It is not a hoax, it is real.

Something that we have never experienced before.

Wash hands, wash hands, wash hands.

I mean you're the scientist, you're gonna have to tell me.

Welcome, welcome to Science Rules, coronavirus edition.

I'm your host Bill Nye and this is the series that brings you the latest analysis

and the science of this pandemic.

So that you'll be informed, prepared, and calm.

We are still all in this together, my friends.

Now most weeks I start by telling you the most recent rates of infection and deaths from COVID-19 in the US.

Today we're looking at different numbers,

ones that have less to do with the health of your body than the health of your wallet.

At the height of this pandemic, more than 23 million people were unemployed in the United States.

That's almost 15% of the workforce.

Our economy shrank by more than $2 trillion in just a few months.

Thanks to a lot of stimulus money, we're doing a bit better right now.

As of March, there were fewer than 10 million unemployed people in the US,

but that's still 4 million more than before the pandemic.

And the economy seems to be improving.

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