How racism and inequality created COVID-19’s ‘Viral Underclass’

October 14, 2022 (Public Integrity) – We share the planet with over 380 trillion viruses right now. Some of these powerful pathogens can kill us and even bring the world to a halt  — as the novel coronavirus did in 2020.

Viruses teach us how “undeniably connected we are and how important it is to care for one another,” according to Steven Thrasher, a journalist and academic.

That lesson seemed to have been lost, he said, when President Joe Biden recently declared the pandemic “over” while appearing on 60 Minutes.

How racism and inequality created COVID-19’s ‘Viral Underclass’ – Center for Public Integrity