The phrase "affected folks" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to individuals who have been impacted or influenced by a particular situation or event.
Example: "The charity event aims to raise funds for the affected folks in the disaster-stricken area."
Alternatives: "impacted individuals" or "those affected".
PRESIDENT OBAMA: First of all, I think it's important for Governor Romney to present this plan that he says will only affect folks in the future.
How do movie cliches, so often re-worked, affect folks in such consistent ways?
Mr. Sexsmith sings affecting folk rock, and the East Village Opera Company puts a glam rock spin on classic arias.
He later called for "input from the communities affected: the folks who organize parades, the folks who march in them".
Diane explained how the simple life had affected some folk: "There was one lady who found she couldn't use her electric hair straighteners.
Turns out drug testing which doesn't effect just convicts but also your average working schlub who has to pee in a cup to get an $8-an-hour 8-an-hour 8-an-hour stockboyion industry and is increasingig isfecting everyday folks' lives.
But let's say you're not one of those folks affected or don't care about them.
"I haven't fully worked that out but I think the way people actually came to be in America, through sexual violence, really has affected how black folks are seen.
Another option is to quickly check postdisaster health symptoms in the general population if the general population is being affected, even though folks are farther from the source of the exposure and aren't laboring hard in proximity to the toxicants, that's a warning signal for the workers.
Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman (Dirs: Susan Froemke, John Hoffman, Beth Aala) Study of how climate change is affecting farming folk and what they are doing to protect the environment.
