Problem
Read the article "Communities with low incomes, immigrants, essential workers hardest hit by COVID-19: study" by Lauren Pelley and answer the questions:
I. Why is Kanaiya Gandhi's story tragic?
II. What was the purpose of the study that the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) published?
III. What did the researchers for the study find?
IV. Why were essential workers more at risk of catching COVID-19? (Use a statistic to defend your answer)
V. According to data released by Statistics Canada, how did COVID 19 affect the country's most racially diverse neighborhoods?
VI. How did the city governments in Toronto and Montreal try to help those who were considered the most vulnerable in terms of COVID 19 transmission?
VII. What are four ways that Radhika Gandhi believes vulnerable essential workers should be supported now and in the future?