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Coronavirus is spreading through rural South’s high-risk population – reopening economies will make it worse

  • Written by Anne Cafer, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Mississippi
Coronavirus is spreading through rural South’s high-risk population – reopening economies will make it worseIn the rural South, chronic illnesses are common, the population is older and health care options have been declining as hospitals close. All put the population at higher risk from COVID-19.AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis

In the rural South, the COVID-19 pandemic is becoming a silent disaster.

As rural residents commute to jobs in cities and...

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