Understanding Inequalities Exposed by the COVID-19 Pandemic

Name Institutional Affiliations Date Understanding Inequality through Covid-19 Lens Covid-19 is among the worst pandemics ever experienced along with the globe. A current event has taught the human race great lessons about inequality, allowing many to understand and feel inequality from a better real-life point of view. To be precise, corona virus has brought about inequalities in many areas ranging from healthcare to technology (Okonkwo et al., 2021). Unfortunately, these inequalities remain felt along various disturbing lines ranging from ethnicity to income. Life has become miserable for many. Not because the impact of the pandemic remains un-felt across all humans across the globe but rather the inequalities that are worsening such impacts on specific individuals based on the status quo, race, and ethnicity, among other differentiating factors. Minority groups and people with disabilities serve as the most hit by inequalities as they face multiple barriers in access to essential services in response to the corona virus. Healthcare is