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February 20, 2021

Michael Marmot wearing a blue shirt and grey jacket sitting outside

Sir Michael Marmot: Covid has exposed the social factors behind health inequality

If you want to study the devastating impact the Covid pandemic has had on society, Sir Michael Marmot suggests we go back to 2017 and a storm in the Caribbean. Hurricane Maria smashed through Puerto Rico in one of the deadliest storms ever to hit the island. The Hurricane thrust the underlying inequalities in Puerto Rican society into sharp relief.

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