What, Me Worry?
March 24, 2020
In a recent Issues online exclusive, an expert in disease prevention argued that social dysfunctions in the United States—millions of people with no access to health care, no insurance, no sick days, no cash reserves—complicate the medical challenge of responding to the coronavirus sweeping the nation. Now, amid herculean efforts of health care workers, some government and business leaders are proposing actions, such as deemphasizing social distancing and reducing health-related funding programs, that many experts say will make social problems only worse.