Proceeds From Payroll Support Program, Low-Interest Loan

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Proceeds from Government Assistance, Payroll Support Program, CARES Act

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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109259400&loc=d3e21475-112644

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Number of securities into which the class of warrant or right may be converted. For example, but not limited to, 500,000 warrants may be converted into 1,000,000 shares.

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Value of preferred stock and warrants for common stock issued.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Apr. 20, 2020
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Proceeds from Government Assistance, Payroll Support Program, CARES Act			$ 154.7
Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Warrants or Rights		19,700	19,700	19,700	25,889
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights					$ 83.33
Stock and Warrants Issued During Period, Value, Preferred Stock and Warrants		$ 1.0
Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Proceeds from Government Assistance, Payroll Support Program, CARES Act	$ 17.2
Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Warrants or Rights	6,189
Stock and Warrants Issued During Period, Value, Preferred Stock and Warrants	$ 0.3
Unsecured Debt [Member] \| Payroll Support Program Loan CARES Act [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Proceeds From Payroll Support Program, Low-Interest Loan			$ 16.4	$ 21.6
Unsecured Debt [Member] \| Payroll Support Program Loan CARES Act [Member] \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Proceeds From Payroll Support Program, Low-Interest Loan	$ 5.2