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"People want to talk about this virus as an equal opportunity pathogen, but it's really not. It's going right to the fissures in our society."
Smartphone data shows low-income workers don't always have the privilege to stay home during coronavirus. 1/ https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/03/us/coronavirus-stay-home-rich-poor.html
Smartphone data shows low-income workers don't always have the privilege to stay home during coronavirus. 1/ https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/03/us/coronavirus-stay-home-rich-poor.html
Many jobs that are now essential — grocery workers, health aides, delivery — are lower-paying and don't provide health insurance. Workers might be happy to have a job now, but it presents risks. This divide is what @DeniseDSLu, @gabrieldance & I wanted to analyze. 2/
There have been great stories about this, including this one about continued ridership on the New York subway. What our story today provides is real-time evidence that this is not an anecdotal concern, and that it holds in metro areas across the U.S. 3/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/30/nyregion/coronavirus-mta-subway-riders.html
Not only that, but we can see that wealthier people had a head start of several days in being able to stay home. Remember, days are crucial in this pandemic.
Seeing some of this data, I feel like I'm looking at people dying in the future. It's terrifying and sad. 4/
Seeing some of this data, I feel like I'm looking at people dying in the future. It's terrifying and sad. 4/
I talked with essential workers for this story. One, Adarra Benjamin, is a home care aide in Chicago. She is worried but hanging in there. "We're all in this together," she told me. I wish we could all be more like Adarra and that people really felt this way for everyone. /end
Oh, people working from home shouldn't feel guilty! The guy quoted in the story working from home in Chicago is lovely, and lucky to work from home. I'm working from home! Desk jobs of all sorts, which tend to pay more, are better suited for WFH and so shifted there earlier.
