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The short answer is "Yes, but..." Some people are leaving cities due to the coronavirus, but the buzz around a virus-caused metro exodus masks a real trend driven by rising costs. 

As the United States experiences a critical shortage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) including respirators, and other medical supplies used to combat COVID-19, China is cornering the global medical supply market accounting for half of the world’s exports of PPE. While U.S. companies ramped up production from mid-March, concerns are being raised about U.S. self-sufficiency in producing pandemic related medical supplies.

On July 13th, IEDC hosted a webinar entitled Preparing for the Next Wave of Investment: Re-shoring and FDI. It  provided insights on strategies to attract reshoring companies.

Black and Latino people are three times as likely to contract the virus and two times as likely to die from it.