Coronavirus and Inequality

Quarantines and shutdowns resulting from the coronavirus would disproportionately hit people with lower incomes and blue-collar jobs.  Marisa Fernandez at Axios:

• Rural Americans sometimes have less reliable Internet access for remote work and remote schooling.
• Parents may have to scramble as children get pulled out of school and day care.
• Students on free and reduced lunch risk going without a meal if schools close.
• Undocumented immigrants are less likely to call off work or check into a health care facility from lack of health insurance and ICE fears.
• Health care workers risk getting sick if an outbreak brings in an influx of patients to the emergency room.
• Public transit users could be in trouble if trains and buses shut down.