COVID-19: Geographic regions and poverty influenced the pandemic

Oxfam said most countries had failed to act to tackle inequality in the wake of the Covid pandemic – Copyright AFP/File TIMOTHY A. CLARY

A new University of Michigan public health study has considered how COVID-19 affected state residents have discovered that the severity of illness or negative impact of the pandemic is strongly linked to where one lives (and in relation to income and health levels typical for a given community).

This has led to the issuing of a report, titled “Geographic Differences in Access to Care, Recovery, and the Social Impact of COVID-19 in Michigan”. The reports breaks down experiences and the effects of the virus and the pandemic on Michigan residents’ health, work, finances, personal life, mental health and other issues. Some of the differences seen across re