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5 things COVID-19 has taught us about inequality

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The pandemic has shone a light on existing inequalities. Image: REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao

Joe Myers
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Divides along income lines persist in the US. Image: Pew Research Center

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Among those aged 9 to 64 years, the relative gaps between those disabled and not disabled were largest
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