that s according to the findings of the poor peoples campaign and the during the delta surge, the death rate for a lower income americans jumped to five times higher. with me now, reverend william barber co-chair of the poor peoples campaign. also with me marissa rene lee, she is the author of the forthcoming book grief s love, living with loss. it s available april 12th. i m happy to see you both. reverend, i will start with you. in an op-ed for the washington post, you end reverend list joe harris quote, america s healing it will not be complaining until we address the poverty at the root of our covid catastrophe. looking at the study of the counties of with the highest covid death rates, talk to me about the impact poverty as had and what if anything from that study surprised you most? most of what it did, alicia, it hurt deeply. it was almost like the thing that i feared the most came true. you think about this, during delta, it was five times higher among poor low were people,
unable to work from home we are high risk of infection from the start. women, in particular women of color, also faced incredible challenges as moms dropped out of the workforce to care for their children. and a new study out this week s finds new light on the pandemic s impact on america s poor. people in low income counties died of covid in nearly two times the rate of wealthier counties. that s according to the findings of the poor peoples campaign and the during the delta surge, the death rate for a lower income americans jumped to five times higher. with me now, reverend william barber co-chair of the poor peoples campaign. also with me marissa rene lee, she is the author of the forthcoming book grief s love, living with loss. it s available april 12th. i m happy to see you both. reverend, i will start with you. in an op-ed for the washington post, you end reverend list joe harris quote, america s healing it will not be complaining until we address the poverty at