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8 ways veterans are particularly at risk from the coronavirus pandemic

  • Written by Jamie Rowen, Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Cleaners enter the Holyoke Soldiers' Home in Holyoke, Massachusetts, where a coronavirus outbreak has killed more than 40 veterans.Getty/Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe

From the elderly who are facing deadly outbreaks in nursing homes to communities of color facing higher infection and death rates, different groups face different challenges from...

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