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Worth repeating.
"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."
We are only as strong as our most vulnerable. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/15/world/europe/coronavirus-inequality.html
"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."
We are only as strong as our most vulnerable. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/15/world/europe/coronavirus-inequality.html
"Like every crisis, this one is likely to affect working-class and poor people worst. That is not inevitable. It’s a choice – and one within our power to stop, if only we had the will to do so." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/14/coronavirus-outbreak-inequality-austerity-pandemic
"The pestilence of ableism and ageism being unleashed is its own kind of pandemic....[O]ur lives are considered, quite literally, more disposable." https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/opinion/coronavirus-disabled-health-care.html
“[T]his crisis should spur Canadians to rethink how we value and protect all work — and the people who do it.”
Important reminder from @JimboStanford https://www.thestar.com/business/opinion/2020/03/19/some-of-our-most-undervalued-workers-now-among-our-most-valuable-as-pandemic-forces-rethink-of-what-jobs-are-critical.html
Important reminder from @JimboStanford https://www.thestar.com/business/opinion/2020/03/19/some-of-our-most-undervalued-workers-now-among-our-most-valuable-as-pandemic-forces-rethink-of-what-jobs-are-critical.html
“It is important that First Nations receive priority attention during this pandemic response – First Nations are disproportionately represented in all of the socio-economic indicators for poor health.” https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/march-2020/priority-pandemic-response-needed-for-first-nations/
“The pandemic will almost certainly disproportionately punish the poor—not only by arresting the long recovery since the Great Recession, but also by specifically targeting industries where workers are most vulnerable and have the least protection.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/coronavirus-will-supercharge-american-inequality/608419/
40% of the world’s population (and many in Canada) live without basic handwashing facilities at home. This makes them - and, in turn, others - more vulnerable to COVID-19. https://twitter.com/un/status/1241576334851072007?s=21 https://twitter.com/UN/status/1241576334851072007
Some good news to add to this thread: "The Ontario government is providing $200 million in social services relief funding to help protect the health and safety of the province's most vulnerable people in response to the outbreak of COVID-19." https://news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2020/03/ontario-protecting-the-most-vulnerable-during-covid-19-crisis.html
COVID-19 has exposed serious gaps in our social safety net as a threat to all. What now? What next? https://theconversation.com/silver-lining-could-covid-19-lead-to-a-better-future-134204
How can we ensure that post-pandemic growth is inclusive - “easing rather than exacerbating inequality”?
Good observations and questions in this thread from @MilesCorak. https://twitter.com/milescorak/status/1242914744090136577?s=21 https://twitter.com/MilesCorak/status/1242914744090136577
Good observations and questions in this thread from @MilesCorak. https://twitter.com/milescorak/status/1242914744090136577?s=21 https://twitter.com/MilesCorak/status/1242914744090136577
“The U.S. has particular vulnerabilities that make it possible we will have the worst coronavirus epidemic of all....These are not issues that are unsolvable, but they do require resources.” https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/03/will-inequality-worsen-the-toll-of-the-pandemic-in-the-u-s/
“Equity is widely misunderstood as a zero-sum game—i.e. the gain of one individual or group results in the loss to another.... Coronavirus provides a painful reminder of why inequities harm all of us.” https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/03/18/covid-19-the-painful-price-of-ignoring-health-inequities/
“Deep structural inequalities make the U.S. economy uniquely fragile. We must insist on building greater societal health and economic resilience.” @FeliciaWongRI & @rortybomb for @BostonReview. https://bostonreview.net/class-inequality-politics/mike-konczal-felicia-wong-uniquely-fragile-economy-stimulus-not-enough
“Young and old, north and south, and rich and poor all have markedly different capacities to bear the burden of lockdown, social isolation and a sharp drop in economic activity.” https://www.economist.com/britain/2020/03/26/how-covid-19-exacerbates-inequality
"[R]ich holed up in vacation properties; the middle class marooned at home with restless children; the working class on the front lines of the economy, stretched to the limit by the demands of work and parenting, if there is even work to be had." https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/business/economy/coronavirus-inequality.html
The least affluent among us face higher risk but, simultaneously, lower ability to work from home, avoid crowds and stock up on necessary resources.
The risks facing the most vulnerable among us affect us all. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/03/27/class-and-covid-how-the-less-affluent-face-double-risks/
The risks facing the most vulnerable among us affect us all. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/03/27/class-and-covid-how-the-less-affluent-face-double-risks/
“Indigenous peoples are disproportionately affected by communicable diseases and have unique determinants of health that lead to rapid disease transmission....This virus not only places us at risk, but the future well-being of coming generations as well.” https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-indigenous-communities-and-covid-19-the-virus-may-not-discriminate/
“Women make up 70 per cent of the world’s health care workers and are at highest risk of infection....As the pandemic spreads, life will be particularly hard for the poorest and most marginalized women on the planet.” https://www.oxfam.ca/news/health-spending-in-poor-countries-must-double-immediately-to-prevent-millions-of-deaths-oxfam
“COVID-19 is laying bare socio-economic inequalities and could exacerbate them in the near future. The virus is a risk factor particularly for those at the lower end of the income distribution.” https://www.bruegel.org/2020/03/how-covid-19-is-laying-bare-inequality/
"Income losses are expected to exceed $220B in developing countries....These losses will reverberate across societies, impacting education, human rights and, in the most severe cases, basic food security and nutrition." https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/news-centre/news/2020/COVID19_Crisis_in_developing_countries_threatens_devastate_economies.html
“Let us remember that we are only as strong as the weakest health system in our interconnected world.” https://www.un.org/en/un-coronavirus-communications-team/launch-report-socio-economic-impacts-covid-19
In Michigan, African Americans make up 14% the population but account for 35% of cases and 40% of deaths due to COVID-19.
Important thread on data and context. https://twitter.com/kat__stafford/status/1245797231401283584?s=21 https://twitter.com/kat__stafford/status/1245797231401283584
Important thread on data and context. https://twitter.com/kat__stafford/status/1245797231401283584?s=21 https://twitter.com/kat__stafford/status/1245797231401283584
