Covid-19 has hit the world by storm, many people have been affected both with the disease and in their everyday life. The poorest families find it hard to live, when they get fired or when they have to pay for medical treatment. Low class income families are most likely to live in small crowded flats in certain neighborhoods, which higher the risk of being infected with covid 19. Do the pandemic consequences affects the families equally or differently because of the inequalities in the UK.
There are various inequalities in the UK, the poorest family’s consequences are most likely tougher when Covid hits them. The experiences are shaped by class in the lockdown. Nurses and bus drives are dying on their jobs and don’t have a ability to tolerate large amount of time at home, compared to the rich who escapes to their second homes. To self-isolate is determined by the amount of space at out disposal. The high class has often bigger homes which means they can keep their safety distance where the poor families can live in a one-bedroom apartment stuck close to each other all the time. Many children have no other option than sharing bedrooms, because their flat is in minimal space. The poorest families who often are going through the toughest times in the pandemic, is mostly defined by race. The people who are worst hit by the pandemic is the majority of the borough’s pupation, communities such as Black, Asian and minority ethnic people. Throughout the lockdown these communities are forced to live many people in small places, because they not able to by bigger homes because of their economic.
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