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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Social distancing is a privilege. [/quote]

here we go again...[/quote]

Proof:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/03/us/coronavirus-stay-home-rich-poor.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

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Location Data Says It All: Staying at Home During Coronavirus Is a Luxury[/b]
By Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, Denise Lu and Gabriel J.X. DanceApril 3, 2020

It has been about two weeks since the Illinois governor ordered residents to stay at home, but nothing has changed about Adarra Benjamin’s responsibilities. She gets on a bus nearly every morning in Chicago, traveling 20 miles round trip some days to cook, clean and shop for her clients, who are older or have health problems that make such tasks difficult.

Ms. Benjamin knows the dangers, but she needs her job, which pays about $13 an hour. She also cannot imagine leaving her clients to fend for themselves. “They’ve become my family,” she said.

[b]In cities across America, many lower-income workers continue to move around, while those who make more money are staying home and limiting their exposure to the coronavirus, according to smartphone location data analyzed by The New York Times.[/b][/quote]

I don't think it's an AA issue as much as a low income issue.  It's in how the data is interpreted.  Are there statistics on how it's affecting the Latino community?  Is there a socioeconomic model?  [/quote]

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