The Iraq War Paved the Way for Coronavirus Catastrophe
Decades of war have wrecked the country’s health infrastructure and made it particularly vulnerable to the disease. Two years after the defeat of the Islamic State, 1.5 million people are still internally displaced, without regular access to basic sanitation, let alone health care. Most workers make a living in the informal sector, meaning that they now face a stark choice: continue working and risk infection or stop and risk starvation.