Hurricane Katrina survivors shelter at the Houston Astrodome after being evacuated from New Orleans in 2005. Disasters like Katrina reveal the differences between people with means and those without, and affect the classes differently. Pandemics like the coronavirus also affect the classes differently and disproportionately. Credit: Andrea Booher/FEMA

Hurricane Katrina survivors shelter at the Houston Astrodome after being evacuated from New Orleans in 2005. Disasters like Katrina reveal the differences between people with means and those without, and affect the classes differently. Pandemics like the coronavirus also affect the classes differently and disproportionately. Credit: Andrea Booher/FEMA

Hurricane Katrina survivors shelter at the Houston Astrodome after being evacuated from New Orleans in 2005. Disasters like Katrina reveal the differences between people with means and those without, and affect the classes differently. Pandemics like the coronavirus also affect the classes differently and disproportionately. Credit: Andrea Booher/FEMA

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