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Don't believe privilege affects Covid-19 outcomes? Trump is a case in point | Renee C Wurth

Disparities in treatment and outcomes for the coronavirus are stark, and fall along race and class lines. It’s no wonder why
Walter Reed national military medical center, in Bethesda, Maryland. Photograph: Samuel Corum/Getty Images

After being diagnosed with Covid-19, Donald Trump took to Twitter to declare: “We will get through this TOGETHER!” Sadly, that statement is utterly at odds with the reality for many Americans, who lack anything close to the medical resources at his privileged disposal.

Despite constantly downplaying the seriousness of the virus to the American public, Trump had access to constant testing. Now and seemingly treatments, all while and access to these same vital measures for others. He can watch as a disease ruins millions of lives and know his privilege will protect him.

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