Understanding America's "viral underclass"

When Covid-19 struck some referred to it as “the great equalizer.” After all, every one of us humans can catch a virus. But over the past two and a half years it’s become more than clear that there is nothing equal about how this infection has spread.

On this edition of KCBS In Depth, we discuss those who have borne the brunt of this pandemic: The people who didn’t get to work from home, who lived in cramped communal apartments, or who couldn’t get time off to get a vaccine. Our guest for this episode calls this group the "viral underclass," and he’s written a new book that explores the many ways that our Covid policy has let them down. 

Guest: Steven Thrasher, journalism professor, Northwestern University | author, "The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide" 

Host: Keith Menconi 

October 19th: Steven Thrasher will make an appearance at Book Passage at the SF Ferry Building this Wednesday at 5 p.m. He'll be in conversation with Piper Kerman, author of Orange Is the New Black. Learn more at BookPassage.com