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There are several reasons the COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S. is among the world’s worst:
1. The U.S. has the world’s largest prison pop., often housed in crowded conditions
2. The U.S. low-income populations have high respiratory ailments that increase the risk of CORVID-19/Thread
1. The U.S. has the world’s largest prison pop., often housed in crowded conditions
2. The U.S. low-income populations have high respiratory ailments that increase the risk of CORVID-19/Thread
3. The U.S. has a lack of universal health care;
4. The U.S. has a social safety net much thinner and more porous than those in other Western democracies, which leaves many workers having to choose between letting their families go hungry or going to work sick.
4. The U.S. has a social safety net much thinner and more porous than those in other Western democracies, which leaves many workers having to choose between letting their families go hungry or going to work sick.
This country has failed to take the neccessary steps to ease the health and economic impacts on America’s poor, who face challenges rare among developed countries. /end
African-Americans whose health problems can be exacerbated by social factors like a lack of insurance, healthy food options and recreational opportunities, also face another culprit, asthma. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/07/us/coronavirus-minorities.html
"Issues of poverty, lack of access to food, transportation & secure housing are being severely exacerbated now, people are spending their last dollar to take a bus to a store to get food or essential goods, only to find that the shelf is empty." https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2020/03/26/detroiters-face-greater-risk-of-death-covid-19-coronavirus/2907235001/
