Explain how the economic impact of COVID might contribute to a greater amount of unequally distributed wealth, i.e., stratification?

Review the following resources:
Introduction to Income and Poverty in the United States. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGX-fK-DHtU
1 in 7 Americans now living in poverty https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/poverty-rate-increases-recession-highest-level-1994-census/story?id=11652753
Unemployment rose higher in three months of COVID-19 than it did in two years of the Great Recession https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/06/11/unemployment-rose-higher-in-three-months-of-covid-19-than-it-did-in-two-years-of-the-great-recession/
Ten Facts about COVID-19 and the U.S. Economy https://www.brookings.edu/research/ten-facts-about-covid-19-and-the-u-s-economy/
Unemployment among young workers during COVID-19 https://www.brookings.edu/research/unemployment-among-young-workers-during-covid-19/
New Report Shows College Graduates Are Less Affected by COVID-19 Layoffs https://www.insightintodiversity.com/new-report-shows-college-degree-earners-less-likely-to-be-unemployed/
Answer the following questions:
Explain how the economic impact of COVID might contribute to a greater amount of unequally distributed wealth, i.e., stratification?
Describe forms of social disorganization that you believe will become increasingly prevalent within those communities most affected by unemployment and a general lack of human and financial capital (i.e.,resources)?
Using one of Merton’s modes of adaptations (Innovation, Ritualism, Retreatism, Rebellion) to strain, and describe what people might do to bridge the gap between the cultural of economic success and the potential reality of limited access to the proper means.
Describe something that you are doing to be proactive and protect yourself from future changes in the economy that are a result of historic events beyond anyone’s control.

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