Coronavirus and Inequality: The Rich Get Richer, the Poor Get a Kick in the Behind

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A virus does not make distinctions. It just spreads, it just hits. But the ones who are challenged already are getting challenged even more. The richest countries in the world, making up some 13% of the global population, have ahead of time secured 51% of the COVID-19 vaccine. Like with many other societal inequalities, the Matthew effect kicks in concerning the novel coronavirus: “For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance.”
OriginalsprogDansk
TidsskriftMedium
ISSN1212-1738
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 16 feb. 2021

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