語彙力強化。
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f the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it is that health is a commodity bestowed readily on some and denied to so many others.
pandemic (病気が) 非常に広域に及ぶ、全国(世界) に流行している
広域でまん延する深刻な感染病の大流行
technical a disease that affects people over a very large area or the whole world → endemic, epidemic
commodity 商品、産物、生活必需品、役に立つもの
bestow 授ける、贈る
formal to give someone something of great value or importance
readily すぐに、早速、直ちに、用意に、簡単に、手軽に
1 quickly and easily 2 quickly, willingly, and without complaining
deny 否定する、与えない、知らないと言う、拒む
to say that something is not true, or that you do not believe something
Within months of the COVID-19 virus reaching U.S. shores, it became clear that the disease hit certain groups harder, contributing to more severe illness and higher hospitalization and death rates among Black, Latinx and American Indian/Alaska Native communities, and those of lower socioeconomic status.
hospitalization 入院、入院期間
hospitalize - if someone is hospitalized, they are taken into a hospital for treatment
