New York’s Covid-19 Divide: Health

SYNOPSIS

At first glance, it might seem that COVID-19 doesn’t discriminate between rich and poor. Still, New Yorkers living in lower-income parts of Queens, the Bronx and Brooklyn run a higher risk of contracting the virus and dying from it, than residents of wealthier neighbourhoods. The inequality of the American healthcare system, focusing on profit exacerbates the situation.