Huntington City Mission Executive Director Mitch Webb, center, accepts a check for $10,000 from Prichard Electric Company President Tom Braley, right, and IBW Local 317 Business Manager Shane Wolfe, left, for the missionâs Community Feeding Program and Shelter Program on Thursday, April 1, 2021, in Huntington.
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Vials of Pfizer s coronavirus dose sit on a table at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown on Tuesday, December 15, 2020.
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed and exacerbated societal inequities.
Black and Latino populations have suffered higher infection rates. People working low-income jobs are more likely to be considered essential and therefore required to work in-person while others have the luxury of working remotely.
The pandemic has pushed many people who were already living paycheck to paycheck out of work. Despite programs to provide rental and utility relief, some have lost their homes. At one point last summer, 60 percent of people in West Virginia said they were at risk of being homeless, according to a study by the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy.