As Coronavirus Deepens Inequality, Inequality Worsens Its Spread

Abstract:

The pandemic is widening social and economic divisions that also make the virus deadlier, a self-reinforcing cycle that experts warn could have consequences for years to come.

Publication: The New York Times

Date Published: March 15, 2020

Author(s): Max Fisher and Emma Bubola

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