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School closures: Another way the lockdown disproportionately affects the poor

By Timothy P. Carney
Published April 18, 2020 1:58pm ET
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School closures: Another way the lockdown disproportionately affects the poor
The coronavirus, it seems, is disproportionately harming poorer people in the United States. That’s no surprise, since poorer people will have inferior healthcare and find it hard to socially distance. Those are the threats from the virus itself. There’s also a threat from our efforts to fight the virus. Most importantly, working-class folks are less […]

The coronavirus, it seems, is disproportionately harming poorer people in the United States. That’s no surprise, since poorer people will have inferior healthcare and find it hard to socially distance.

Those are the threats from the virus itself. There’s also a threat from our efforts to fight the virus.

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