5 Lessons from the Coronavirus about Inequality in America

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III. Momento de Análisis

11) Proporcione el significado de los siguientes términos y comente su función

contextual:

Título/ Introducción

inequality
uneven

1.

afford
grocery clerks
delivery drivers
factory workers
tethered
cuts across
twice as likely as
highlights

2.

wealth
savings
investments
prospect of inheritance
lifeline
stagnant wages

1
drained
higher rates of job loss

3.

high school degree

health insurance
college
mental health care
death of despair
death count
low- income communities
delay
forgo
already stretched thin
economic deprivation
jeopardizing

4.

blame
surgeon general
pull themselves up by their
bootstraps
face
hardship
research
failure
success
singled out
culprits
reminder

5.

rude awakening
 hides
informing decades of research
overnight
curtailed
paid sick leave
bridge the gap
miss
set the “new normal”
fairer

12) Realice una búsqueda de información (ubicación, población y connotaciones

socioeconómicas) acerca de los siguientes distritos de la ciudad de Nueva York
y explique el sentido de estas referencias en el texto:

a) Jackson Heights
b) Corona
c) Queens
d) Manhattan

13) Realice una búsqueda de información sobre el ministro de salud

norteamericano, Jerome Adams y sus dichos acerca de los contagios. ¿Qué
datos logró recabar? ¿Qué observaciones/comentarios/ reflexiones le
merecen?

IV. Momento de Post- Lectura

14) Recorra el artículo y explore los artículos, informes, papers, podcasts y videos
hipervinculados.

a) Seleccione uno para compartir un resumen y una reflexión personal en

el Campus el próximo miércoles.
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al artículo que son de acceso gratuito e irrestricto:

1 “ Essential” Factory Workers Are Afraid to Go to Work and Can’t Afford to Stay H
ome

H ow the coronavirus recession puts service workers at risk

R ising between-workplace inequalities in high-income countries

M eet the low-wage workforce

2 A mericans know wealth inequality is a problem, but what does it look like?

W EALTH INEQUALITY AND ACCUMULATION

C oronavirus Testing: Why Rich People Get Tested

F or most Americans, real wages have barely budged for decades

C lass and COVID: How the less affluent face double risks

C OVID-19 is hitting black and poor communities the hardest, underscoring

fault l ines in access and care for those on margins

T he Fed - Dealing with Unexpected Expenses

F ORECASTING ESTIMATES of

3 H ealth Insurance in the United States

W hat Are So-Called Deaths of Despair? Experts Say They're on the Rise

' Deaths Of Despair' Examines The Steady Erosion Of U.S. Working-Class Life
 C OVID-19 is hitting black and poor communities the hardest, underscoring
fault l ines in access and care for those on margins

H ealth, Income, & Poverty: Where We Are & What Could Help

A nurse revealed the tragic last words of his coronavirus patient: 'Who's going to p ay
for it?'

‘ A Tragedy Is Unfolding’: Inside New York’s Virus Epicenter

I ncome Inequality and Mortality in US Counties: Does Minority Racial

C oncentration Matter?

4 T rump claims Asian Americans agree in saying 'Chinese coronavirus'

T rump now calling coronavirus fight a 'war' with an 'invisible enemy'

S urgeon General Jerome Adams On Coronavirus, People Of Color : Coronavirus L

ive Updates

S urgeon General criticized for language calling African American to 'Stand up' a mid
pandemic

T he Just-World Phenomenon Overview and Examples

S ocial Conditions as Fundamental Causes of Disease

T he US shows the unequal world we are heading for – and we don’t seem to care '

I Become a Person of Suspicion'

5 H ard landing - Coronavirus is grounding the world's airlines | Business

T he 50 Lowest-Paying Jobs in America

S atellite images show less pollution over the US as coronavirus shuts down public p
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