How was the richest and most powerful country in the world laid low by a virus only nanometers in size? Ed Yong, a science reporter for The Atlantic, says it's the inequities that have been with us for generations that made our body politic such opportunistic targets.

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Genre(s): Covid-19, Health Equity

Source/Creator: NPR

Date Aired: 8/25/2021