Percentage of Americans who believe that grocery workers should have guaranteed access to emergency paid sick days, according to a poll taken by LeanIn.Org: 72

Percentage who say pharmacy workers deserve the same thing: 71

Source: LeanIn.Org.

Although 31% of respondents to an ROI Rocket survey indicate they're "very concerned" about contracting the virus themselves, percentage who report taking appropriate precautions: 91

Ranks of washing hands for 20 seconds (89%) and social distancing/avoiding large crowds (81%) on the list of the most popularly reported precautions: 1, 2

Source: ROI Rocket.

In a survey by the creators of the dating app Crush, percentage of users who say they would meet potential love interests in person, despite global stay-at-home orders due to the spread of the coronavirus: 78

Among the respondents in favor of in-person meetups, percentage that are men: 63

Source: Crush.

Percentage of credit card holders, or about 110 million U.S. adults, who entered the coronavirus outbreak with credit card debt, according to a CreditCards.com report: 59

Of those with credit card debt, percentage (representing 61 million people) who had been carrying that debt for at least one year: 56

Of those, number who had been carrying debt for at least three years: 27 million

Source: CreditCards.com.

Estimated percentage of business owners who say their businesses are hurting from the coronavirus, according to a survey by WalletHub: 87

Percentage of small-business owners who say their business can survive only for less than three months in current conditions: 35

Percentage who think that minimizing COVID-19 deaths is more important than reopening the economy: 79

Source: WalletHub.

Percentage of Americans who are concerned about their physical health, compared to 58% of Americans who are concerned about their mental health because of social distancing, according to findings of the America's Mental Health COVID-19 Pulse Study by Cohen Veterans Network: 70

Percentage who worry that people who need mental health services won't be able to get help: 80

Source: Cohen Veterans Network.

As a result of the coronavirus crisis, percentage of Americans who now agree with the statement that "we are all in it together," rather than "it's everyone for themselves" -- compared to just 63% in 2018, according to a survey by More in Common: 90

Percentage who now regard the country as "very divided," down from 62% in 2018: 22

Percentage of respondents who say nurses and doctors should be regarded as heroes: 84

Percentage who say the same for police officers, firefighters and emergency medical teams: 71

Percentage of Americans who say that they are more grateful for grocery store staff, with 65% saying they deserve to be regarded as heroes: 76

Source: More in Common.

Percentage of small businesses that say they've been negatively impacted by the coronavirus (up from 60% just two weeks ago), according to a poll by Alignable.com: 90

Percentage that say they have less than one month's savings to keep them afloat: 37

Percentage that say they're not sure where else to turn for extra funding to stay in business: 65

Source: Alignable.

Percentage of investors who are worried they'll lose all of their retirement savings because of the coronavirus outbreak, according to research by LendingTree: 38

Percentage who said they've already lost money from investments during the pandemic (this does not include the 26% of respondents who weren't sure if they had lost money): 59

Percentage of respondents who said they're avoiding looking at their investment portfolio amid the coronavirus pandemic: 39

Source: LendingTree.

Percentage of American leisure and business travelers who said their travel had been upended by the virus, according to Destination Analysts' Coronavirus Travel Sentiment tracking study (collected March 27-29): 66

Percentage of American travelers who now say they will change the types of destinations they choose to visit after the coronavirus situation is resolved: 29

Source: Destination Analysts.

Idle Thought

"Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see." -- Mark Twain

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At a time when more Americans may find themselves at home due to the coronavirus, percentage of U.S. adults who have used someone else's account or password to access subscriber-only content -- including video streaming, music streaming and online journalism, according to a study by bankrate.com: 42

Percentage of those with a subscriber-only account who have shared their subscription information with someone else: 56

Percentage of millennials with these accounts who are the most likely lenders: 74

Amount of money that millennial subscription borrowers believe the practice saves them annually: $666

Source: Bankrate.com.

Ranks of Finland, Denmark, Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, The Netherlands, Sweden, New Zealand, Austria and Luxembourg on the list of the world's happiness countries, according to the World Happiness Report: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

In the last three years, number of times Finland has placed No. 1 in the report: 3

Number of the world's richest, biggest economies that cracked the top 10: 0

Rank of China: 93

Rank of Russia: 73

Rank of the United States: 19

Source: World Happiness Report.

Percentage of Americans who are "certain" they understand how the coronavirus spreads, according to the market research team at Colling Media: 48

Among all respondents, percentage who say they are closely following news about the coronavirus: 74

Source: Colling Media.

Percentage of teens living in rural areas who lack access to high-speed internet, rendering them less confident about graduating high school as well as future prospects for jobs and financial success, according to a survey by the National 4-H Council and Microsoft Corp.: 20

Percentage who said they've struggled to complete homework due to slow internet connections: 50

Percentage of American teens who said high-speed internet access could change their community for the better by improving the local economy: 80

Source: National 4-H Council.

Percentage of Americans who support expanding paid sick leave access beyond the provisions included in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, according to a poll taken by LeanIn.Org: 76

Percentage of Americans who think at least some workers affected by the coronavirus should have access to paid leave for illness or quarantine: 95

Percentage who say health care workers should have access to paid sick days: 77

Source: LeanIn.Org.

As a direct result of COVID-19, percentage of Americans who feel that riding public transit poses a high health risk due to the virus, according to a poll by Northstar: 48

Percentage who report decreased usage of public transportation (subways, buses and light rail): 30 to 40

Source: Northstar Travel Media Research.

Percentage of consumers who have access to an internet-connected TV, according to the results of a survey by Integral Ad Science: 90

Percentage of people who are willing to see ads in exchange for watching free streaming video: 76

Source: Integral Ad Science Inc.

Percentage of enterprises around the globe that say the COVID-19 outbreak is having somewhat of a negative impact on overall business operations, according to a survey conducted by 451 Research, the emerging technology research unit of S&P Global Market Intelligence: 63

Percentage of respondents who are expecting to invest more in employee communication and collaboration technology: 43

Source: S&P Global Market Intelligence.

Percentage of Americans 18 and older who support government-mandated measures of one sort or another in response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a survey by ROI Rocket: 98

Ranks of restricting travel (85%), imposing quarantines (72%), restricting the operating hours of bars and restaurants (70%) and shutting down schools (70%) on the list of restrictions Americans support: 1, 2, 3 (tie)

Source: ROI Rocket.

Percentage of broadband households that say it would be very difficult to be without broadband service, a finding likely to grow stronger given the public health emergency mandating stay-at-home periods, according to research by Parks Associates: 76

Percentage who would cancel their pay-TV subscription before canceling their broadband service: 60

Source: Parks Associates.

Percentage of organizations that say growing and managing their employee base in new countries limits their international expansion to some degree, according to a report commissioned by ADP: 93

Percentage who say that recruitment challenges are one of the greatest obstacles to their global expansion: 46

Percentage who agree that HR-related issues are some of the most challenging barriers they have when expanding beyond their home country: 71

Source: ADP.

Idle Thought

"We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us." -- E.M. Forster, novelist

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Estimated number of Americans who think they will have trouble paying their credit card bills due to coronavirus, according to a survey by WalletHub: 67 million

Rank of coronavirus on the list of the top stressors in America today, above money problems, which has traditionally topped the list: 1

Source: WalletHub.

Amount less that female software engineers and data engineers make annually than males in the same role, according to a report by the DHI Group Inc. and Dice in their Gender Pay Gap in Tech report: $9,000

Amount less that female data architects make: $13,000

Amount less that female data scientists make: $10,000

Source: DHI Group Inc.

On average, number of times a week Americans say they feel sleepy, with 62% trying to "shake it off" as their primary response, according to the National Sleep Foundation's annual Sleep in America poll: 3

Of those who feel sleepy five to seven days a week, percentage who report especially high rates of irritability: 52

Percentage who report headaches: 40

Source: National Sleep Foundation.

Percentage of U.S. families who decided not to seek medical care -- everything from doctor visits to medications, vaccinations, annual exams, vision checks and more -- in the past year, specifically because of the cost, according to a Bankrate.com report: 32

Percentage of those with medical expenses in the past year who said the costs were higher than they anticipated: 50

Percentage who said the costs were lower than expected: 10

Source: Bankrate.com.

Percentage of U.S. consumers who stated the coronavirus is not impacting their interest in international travel, according to a survey conducted March 7–9 by Travelzoo: 44

Percentage who said the coronavirus has impacted their planned international travel: 36

Of those respondents, percentage who are considering their options, including selecting an alternate destination, postponing the trip or canceling the trip: 59

Source: Travelzoo.

Percentage of professionals who say their organizations have a plan in place to keep their employees safe from COVID-19 that they are confident about, according to a survey from VitalSmarts: 34

Percentage who say they have a basic plan -- even if it is "hastily assembled": 43

Source: VitalSmarts.

Percentage of consumers who say they are worried about contracting the coronavirus, according to the market research team at Colling Media: 52

Percentage who say they are spending more than they usually budget on such items as cleaning products, toilet paper, tissues, hand sanitizers and water because of coronavirus concerns: 33

Source: Colling Media.

Percentage of patients who would forget to schedule a cleaning if they didn't receive a reminder from their dentist, according to research by Weave aimed at bringing attention to World Oral Health Day: 41

Percentage of people who avoid going to the dentist who say they regret it: 60

Source: Weave.

On average, number of petabytes (1 million gigabytes of digital information) of data that organizations manage, a nearly 40% increase since the average 9.70PB in 2018, and a staggering 831% increase since 2016, according to research by Dell Technologies Global Data Protection Index 2020 Snapshot: 13.53

On average, estimated total cost of data loss per organization over the last 12 months: $1 million-plus

Source: Dell Technologies.

Percentage of employees who say a whole new approach to education, skills training and learning, or an education revolution, is needed to better prepare people for the workforce, according to a survey conducted for Express Employment Professionals: 87

Percentage of U.S. employees who say schools are not doing a good job of preparing the next generation of workers for what their needs are after school: 54

Source: Express Employment Professionals.

Idle Thought

"The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy; we can all sense a mysterious connection to each other." -- Meryl Streep

(Readers can contact John MacIntyre at johnmacintyre@bwr.eastlink.ca.)