Title

Coronavirus is spreading through rural South’s high-risk population – reopening economies will make it worse

Authors

Anne M. Cafer, University of Mississippi
Meagen Rosenthal, University of Mississippi

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-24-2020

Abstract

Despite the population’s vulnerability, Southern states have been a stronghold of resistance to federal and international recommendations around COVID-19 protective measures. Most of the states’ delays and refusals to enact “shelter-at-home” policies were tied to economic arguments. As University of Mississippi sociologists who work with rural communities on a range of resilience issues, especially health, we are concerned about the economic and health consequences of returning to business before the region is prepared to protect its residents.

Relational Format

journal article

Comments

This article originally appeared at The Conversation. It has been referenced by The New Zealand Herald, The Conversation, and News.com.au.

Recommended Citation

Cafer, Anne M. and Rosenthal, Meagen, "Coronavirus is spreading through rural South’s high-risk population – reopening economies will make it worse" (2020). CREW News Archive. 1.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/crew_news/1

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