How Work-From-Home Culture Has Amplified Inequalities - Page 11
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Julia Austin
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The risk of getting sick
Essential workers are more likely to get sick or die than people who can stay home right now. COVID-19 can leave some workers bedridden or, worse, in the hospital for weeks and sometimes months at a time. If those are essential workers, that means they’re unable to go into the jobs that already paid very little. Those most likely to miss work because of illness are the same workers who can least afford to do so.
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