1. Please define the term social class. How is it usually measured? What are some ways that social class is affecting health outcomes for people who become ill with COVID-19?
2. What is the CARES Act? Has it been enough? What has happened to people's ability to pay their bills since it expired?
3. As things stand now, data is showing higher COVID-19 related mortality rates for African Americans. Given what you know from the textbook and from the attached articles, what are some explanations for the disparity?
4. What is environmental racism (injustice)? How does environmental racism put some populations at higher risk for severe medical complications than others? (Vice article)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/600-week-buys-freedom-fear/613972/
https://www.vox.com/2020/4/10/21207520/coronavirus-deaths-economy-layoffs-inequality-covid-pandemic
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pke94n/cancer-alley-has-some-of-the-highest-coronavirus-death-rates-in-the-country
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/12/coronavirus-us-deep-south-poverty-race-perfect-storm
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1. 1. Please define the term social class. How is it usually
measured? What are some ways that social class is affecting
health outcomes for people who become ill with COVID-19?
2. What is the CARES Act? Has it been enough? What has
happened to people's ability to pay their bills since it expired?
3. As things stand now, data is showing higher COVID-19
related mortality rates for African Americans. Given what you
know from the textbook and from the attached articles, what are
some explanations for the disparity?
4. What is environmental racism (injustice)? How does
environmental racism put some populations at higher risk for
severe medical complications than others? (Vice article)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/600-week-
buys-freedom-fear/613972/
https://www.vox.com/2020/4/10/21207520/coronavirus-deaths-
economy-layoffs-inequality-covid-pandemic
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pke94n/cancer-alley-has-
some-of-the-highest-coronavirus-death-rates-in-the-country
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/12/coronavirus-
us-deep-south-poverty-race-perfect-storm
