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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4215/C.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Cash, Technology, and the Novel Coronavirus' data-article-id='4751'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8979'>For centuries, people have kept large amounts of cash at home during difficult times. </span> <span data-start-time='8979' data-end-time='14417'>But in the coronavirus crisis, things are different. </span> <span data-start-time='14417' data-end-time='22208'>These metal coins and paper bills can be a source of worry rather than hope.</span> <span data-start-time='22208' data-end-time='33188'>The fear is that these objects, possibly touched by thousands of people, could be a way for the coronavirus to spread. </span> <span data-start-time='33188' data-end-time='40000'>Public officials and health experts have said that the risk is small. </span> <span data-start-time='40000' data-end-time='52292'>Still, some businesses refuse to accept them, and some countries have suggested that their citizens should stop using them altogether.</span> <span data-start-time='52292' data-end-time='60583'>Zachary Cohle is an economics professor at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut. </span> <span data-start-time='60583' data-end-time='76667'>“In many areas, cash was already beginning to disappear due the increased risk of robbery, the ease of internet ordering, and the ubiquity of cell phones,” he said. </span> <span data-start-time='76667' data-end-time='82417'>The term ubiquity refers to something being seen everywhere.</span> <span data-start-time='82417' data-end-time='96479'>Sweden, Finland, Norway, Canada and others have slowly reduced cash use to the point where using it in large amounts seems unusual. </span> <span data-start-time='96479' data-end-time='102583'>Britain and Australia are expected to become cashless countries. </span> <span data-start-time='102583' data-end-time='113792'>And in China, cash use has dropped as electronic payment services increased in popularity over the past ten years.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4215/C.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=15093 data-hint-location='76667' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4215/what_does_ubiquity_mean.wav'>What does ubiquity mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='something being seen everywhere'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4215/something_that_is_confusing.wav'><span>something that is confusing</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4215/a_small_amount_of_something.wav'><span>a small amount of something</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4215/something_being_seen_everywhere.wav'><span>something being seen everywhere</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4215/a_large_horse_used_in_parades.wav'><span>a large horse used in parades</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=15094 data-hint-location='96479' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4215/what_nations_are_expected_to_become_cashless_countries.wav'>What nations are expected to become cashless countries?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Britain and Australia '><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4215/new_zealand_and_fiji.wav'><span>New Zealand and Fiji</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4215/britain_and_australia_.wav'><span>Britain and Australia </span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4215/peru_and_brazil.wav'><span>Peru and Brazil</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4215/south_africa_and_zimbabwe.wav'><span>South Africa and Zimbabwe</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=15095 data-hint-location='33188' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4215/public_officials_and_health_experts_say_the_risk_of_infection_from_cash_is__blank_.wav'>Public officials and health experts say the risk of infection from cash is <span class='blank'>small</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='small'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4215/huge.wav'><span>huge</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4215/unknown.wav'><span>unknown</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4215/large.wav'><span>large</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4215/small.wav'><span>small</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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