Rural America is more vulnerable to COVID-19 than cities are, and it's starting to show
Being able to identify communities that are susceptible to the pandemic ahead of time would allow officials to target public health interventions to slow the spread of the infection and avoid deaths.
David J. Peters, Associate Professor of Rural Sociology, Iowa State University
• conversation
June 18, 2020 • ~10 min
June 18, 2020 • ~10 min
Tags: health covid-19 coronavirus livestock us-midwest rural mitigation slaughterhouses rural-policies
Coronavirus is spreading through rural South’s high-risk population – reopening economies will make it worse
Southern governors are starting to reopen their economies at the same time COVID-19 cases are spreading through the rural South.
Meagen Rosenthal, Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Administration, University of Mississippi
• conversation
April 24, 2020 • ~7 min
April 24, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: health medicine covid-19 coronavirus politics economics hospitals coronavirus-2020 rural-america rural commuting
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