Essential or Expendable During the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Student-Lived Experience on Grieving the Unjust and Early Deaths of Vulnerable Populations
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- Copyright
- 2021
- Published By
- American Public Health Association
In this article, the author shares her experiences of how COVID-19 has affected her family and how agricultural and food-processing plant workers are labeled as "essential" but are often treated as expendable during the COVID-19 pandemic.