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World Service,1 min

Is Covid-19 exposing the unfairness of society?

Newsday

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One term which has been used to describe the coronavirus pandemic is that it's "a great leveller", meaning that it's treating everyone the same. Yet that's clearly not so in some respects. Andreas Kluth, a writer and editor at Bloomberg Opinion, describes how structural inequalities determined by income and race play a big part in the economic and medical impact of the disease. (Photo: Katrina Curtis reacts to the spread of Covid-19 in New Orleans; Credit: Reuters)

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