Sheltering in place is easier for some than others, experts say.
"Workers with college degrees are far more able to work remotely and therefore more safely shelter in place," @FurmanCenterNYU's Ingrid Gould Ellen says.http://abcn.ws/2Vh6AVE
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In addition to being less likely to work from home, residents without degrees are more likely to rely on public transportation during the pandemic, creating an added exposure risk for them.http://abcn.ws/2Vh6AVE
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Some of those without college degrees are in essential industries, like transit employees and grocery store workers, who "may have to make a far more difficult choice about whether to make a trade off between their personal safety and their livelihood."http://abcn.ws/2Vh6AVE
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And poc tend to live in low income neighborhoods because of less opportunities and also little to no education because of how they’ve grown up. Not every poc but a good majority because these people are still needing to work and can’t afford to stay home.
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the virus is doing God's work!
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Why is this US obsession of classifying everything according to race? It only happens here...
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It really isn't race so much as socio economic disadvantage. I bet if you compared it based on income levels and rates of pay it would be strikingly similar and mirror this data. Working poor bear the brunt of most things more rapidly and suffer more severely.
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This should surprise no one.
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