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Nearly half of America" is in serious financial pain from coronavirus, but it's much worse in minority communities

The Week in Philly from KYW Newsradio
The Week in Philly from KYW Newsradio
Episode • Sep 21, 2020 • 15m
One of the common refrains of the coronavirus pandemic is that "we're all in this together." But new information is making it clear that we're not all being affected by the pandemic in the same ways. Minority communities are being hit much harder.

Dr. Robert J. Blendon is the Richard L. Menschel Professor Emeritus of Public Health and Professor of Health Policy and Political Analysis at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He's also the co-director of a survey by NPR, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that looked at how coronavirus is affecting people financially. Dr. Blendon joins KYW In Depth to break down what they found out, and how bad the financial situation is for people who are most vulnerable right now in America.

Find out more about the study here: https://rwjf.ws/2FNFj9w

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