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Social Distancing Is A Privilege — And More Black And Latino Chicagoans Died Because They Couldn’t, Study Says – Block Club Chicago

That translated into neighborhoods with more Black and Latino residents seeing more COVID-19 deaths in the spring, according to the study.

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CHICAGO Being able to social distance is a privilege and one that made the difference between life and death for some Chicagoans this spring, a new study highlights.
Chicago neighborhoods that had barriers to social distancing like ones where more people lived in crowded housing or had fewer people who could work from home saw more COVID-19 deaths during the spring, according to the study, which was published Thursday and performed by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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