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[The Guardian] In the poorest county, in America’s poorest state, a virus hits home: 'Hunger is rampant'

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The Guardian:
In the poorest county, in America’s poorest state, a virus hits home: 'Hunger is rampant'

In county where every child qualifies for free school meals, a superintendent embarks on a project – driving 6,000 meals a dayOn the cracked country roads of Lexington, deep in the Mississippi delta, an empty yellow school bus drives slowly, making life-sustaining drop offs on the way.Here, in the poorest county, in America’s poorest state, the coronavirus has yet to ravage the jurisdiction with infection. There has been one recorded Covid-19 death in the county, Clinton Cobbins, Lexington’s first African American mayor. But even now the coronavirus still poses a serious threat to life. Continue reading...
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