It has been claimed that we are 'all in it together' and that the COVID-19 virus 'does not discriminate'。 This accessible， yet authoritative book dispels this myth of COVID-19 as an 'equal opportunity' disease， by showing how the pandemic is a syndemic of disease and inequality。 Drawing on international data and accounts， it argues that the pandemic is unequal in three ways: it has killed unequally， been experienced unequally and will impoverish unequally。 These inequalities are a political choice: with governments effectively choosing who lives and who dies， we need to learn from COVID-19 quickly to prevent growing inequality and to reduce health inequalities in the future。 COVID-19 is an unequal pandemic。