Trump's ongoing efforts to roll back regulations designed to protect the environment, workers & public health likely played a significant role in the spread of Covid-19 -- according to a new report released Tuesday nonpartisan policy think tank. NYU School of Law's Institute for Policy Integrity. The 45-page report titled "Weakening Our Defenses" (pdf) details how Trump's far-reaching deregulatory push has exacerbated several major risk factors for contracting and spreading Covid-19, such as high levels of air pollution, hazardous working conditions, and lack of adequate health insurance. "These rollbacks have put all of us—especially low-income communities, Black people and people of color, and essential workers—at higher risk of contracting and dying from Covid-19."
At www.commondreams.org
