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COVID-19 and the Potential Devastation of Rural Communities: Concern from the Southeastern Belts

Year: 2020

Type: preprint

Abstract: As the urgent efforts to reduce the death toll of COVID-19 continue, there is substantial concern across the nation regarding who will be next. While large urban centers were imposing lockdowns, vast rural regions remained relatively open. Five states in the southeastern US (South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida) were some of the last to enact statewide “shelter in place” mandates. The spread of COVID-19 from urban to rural communities should be alarming. This essay posits that the conditions exist to create the perfect storm for COVID-19 to have devastating effects on rural America, particularly in the southeastern US.

Source: Deep Blue (University of Michigan)

Authors: Charles Ellis, Molly Jacobs, Keith L. Keene, Ronnie Bell, Daniel L. Dickerson

Language: English

Topic: COVID-19 epidemiological studies

Subfield: Modeling and Simulation

Field: Mathematics

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W3017982476

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