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We can observe how economic inequality in America plays out during this pandemic by watching who gets help and who gets ignored.

Two America's live side by side, often in the same community. Nowhere is it on display more than in Greenwich, Conn., where hedge fund managers in gilded mansions live across town from minimum wage workers in local service jobs.

The inequality on display today is the byproduct of decades of policy choices that benefit the wealthy.

Also this hour: We help you make sense of the sometimes conflicting news about COVID-19 with the host of the podcast This Week In Virology.

GUESTS:
Evan Osnos - Staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China
Vincent Racaniello - Professor of microbiology & immunology in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University and the host of the podcast This Week in Virology

Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.

Colin McEnroe and Cat Pastor contributed to this show.

We can observe how economic inequality in America plays out during this pandemic by watching who gets help and who gets ignored.
Two America's live side by side, often in the same community. Nowhere is it on display more than in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/05/11/how-greenwich-republicans-learned-to-love-trump">Greenwich, Conn.</a>, where hedge fund managers in gilded mansions live across town from minimum wage workers in local service jobs.
The inequality on display today is the byproduct of decades of policy choices that benefit the wealthy.
Also this hour: We help you make sense of the sometimes conflicting news about COVID-19 with the host of the podcast&nbsp;<a href="https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/">This Week In Virology</a>.
GUESTS:
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<li>Evan Osnos&nbsp;-&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/evan-osnos">Staff writer</a>&nbsp;for&nbsp;The New Yorker&nbsp;and the author of&nbsp;<a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374535278">Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China</a></li>
<li>Vincent Racaniello&nbsp;- Professor of microbiology &amp; immunology in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University and the host of the podcast&nbsp;<a href="https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/">This Week in Virology</a></li>
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Join the conversation on&nbsp;<a href="https://facebook.com/ColinMcShow/">Facebook</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/wnprcolin">Twitter</a>.
Colin McEnroe and Cat Pastor contributed to this show.

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