Wealth Protects Against COVID-19 Harms

But the same is true of virtually every human disease

Pictured: The key to good health. Source: Pexels

As the pandemic has progressed, something has become starkly clear in almost every situation where it has been examined. It’s a slightly depressing fact, but time and again it has proven true, not just in the United States but in countries across the world.

The evidence is clear, you see — advantage, in particular economic advantage, is impressively protective against the worst harms of COVID-19. Being rich is, when it comes to COVID-19, good for your health.

Pictured: Good for you in many ways. Source: Pexels

This isn’t just limited to wealth, of course, because society is never unfair in just one respect. Race, gender, ethnicity, the list of things that have impacted people’s ability to live through the pandemic is both long and exhaustingly depressing. Socioeconomic advantage makes getting tested easier, it means there’s more likely to be a hospital bed waiting if you get sick, and it can ultimately be the difference between life and death.

Now, this may sound surprising. People have been saying since the start of the pandemic that disease is the great leveller, and that no one is safe from the…