Signs outside an art and antique shop closing down in Salt Lake City on May 8. Millions without jobs also lose health insurance as Covid-19 widens inequalities in the US. Photo: AP
Opinion
Opinion
Coronavirus exposes the inequality in America, and may exacerbate it
- Covid-19 is widening the income and health inequalities underlying the ‘deaths of despair’ epidemic among less-educated white working class Americans
- Hit by two epidemics, US life expectancy is set to fall for a record fourth year
Signs outside an art and antique shop closing down in Salt Lake City on May 8. Millions without jobs also lose health insurance as Covid-19 widens inequalities in the US. Photo: AP