Research question; What is the effect of the pandemic on income inequality?
Thesis statement; There is a positive relationship between pandemics and epidemics in relation to income inequality, pandemics create a greater room for income inequality particularly for developing countries.
Topic Sentence 1: The pandemic has exacerbated preexisting inequalities in the labor market consequently leading to income in inequality.
Example 1: According to Chen et al. (2021), pandemics and epidemics contribute to income inequalities through creating an atmosphere that is not conducive for people with lower income to work.
Wrap up sentences; During the coronavirus pandemic, people had to work from home. This was an advantage to persons that worked in the office department since working from home would not be as challenging. However, for persons working manual labor jobs such as packaging this would be quite stressful, it would make the company lay off most of the people. Consequently, the pandemic widened the inequalities in the labor market leading to income inequality.
Topic Sentence 2: Pandemics and epidemics lead to loss of resources thus creating room for income inequality.
Example 2: According to Esseau-Thomas et al. (2021), lead to loss of resources by claiming a lot of productive lives.
Wrap up sentences; During the coronavirus pandemic, a lot of lives were claimed. This is not the only time where a pandemic or epidemic claimed people’s lives, there have been other epidemics such as Ebola and zika virus. These pandemics claimed the lives of people paralyzing income-generating activities for families and countries at large.
Topic Sentence 3; Pandemics are abrupt therefore making it difficult to set forth policies for recovery.
Example 3; According to Davide et al. (2021), pandemics are abrupt and the governments in most cases are not prepared, consequently, leading to income inequalities.
Wrap-up sentences; When a government allocates its budget, most of the time, the idea of a pandemic is not considered. Consequently, when an epidemic or a pandemic occurs, the budget of the nation is shaken as it tries to recover. After the pandemic, governments find it hard to set forth policies to help recollect the economic stability of the country, thus leading to income inequality.
Topic sentence 4; Pandemics lower income quality.
Example 4; According to Esseau-Thomas et al. (2021), pandemics lower the income quality of a country.
Wrap up sentences; During a pandemic, the mortality rate is high as the pandemic claims lives of a significant portion of the population. This paralyzes the production ability of a country while also lowering the income quality. A good example is during the coronavirus pandemic whereby people were laid off from their work, thus receiving half their salaries while the prices of products had increased significantly.
Conclusion; Pandemics and epidemics lead to income inequality.
Review; Pandemics and epidemics exacerbate preexisting inequalities in the labor market, lead to loss of resources, and lower the quality of income. Furthermore, pandemics and epidemics are abrupt, making it hard for countries to set forth recovery policies thus leading to income inequality.

you will start the First Draft of your Research Paper (500 words minimum). In this assignment, you will write your introductory paragraph and your first body paragraph with your Works Cited page. You will use last week’s outline for help. This first draft will help you practice turning an outline into a paper and shed light on any holes you will need to patch before finishing your whole paper.