Racial health disparities already existed in America— the coronavirus just exacerbated them

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of the state's coronavirus deaths, with the majority of these fatalities taking place in New Orleans. And in New York City, black and Latino people are twice as likely to die from the virus than their white peers, according towith more states and local governments being"There are definitely multiple reasons why we're seeing black communities be disproportionately impacted by Covid-19," New York-based physician Dr. Uche Blackstock tells.

" are filled with fast food restaurants and small corner stores that have more junk food options than"I think it's really important to understand that dietary choices aren't moral choices," says Chinara Tate, director of nutrition at Mount Sinai Eating and Weight Disorders Center of Excellence in New York.

in low-income roles that often lack insurance and benefits for hourly workers. Today, 63% of Latino or Hispanic workers and 54% of black workers earn low wages, compared to 40% of Asian American workers and 37% of white workers, according to a 2019 report by the, which found that even in these low-wage roles, black and Hispanic workers earn less than white workers with the same education level and experience.

"I've seen my own family go through the fact that when you don't have health insurance you basically avoid the doctor until it's like a life-or-death scenario," says Archibong. For many essential black and brown workers, she says it may be common for them to not even know they have underlying health conditions because they don't have insurance to visit a doctor regularly.

 

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MakeIt FIFY: Racial health disparities already existed in America — headlines help to exacerbate them.

MakeIt Duh, really?! You didn’t know disparities existed before COVID19? Pathetic. Stop writing.

HolmesCarolyn23 MakeIt Guess all those 8 years of promises to help the black community was just a continuation of everything else he did...LIES AND CORRUPTION. He did nothing for us. NOTHING. OBAMAGATE ...

MakeIt So age, gender, wealth, intelligence, cultural among other biases, who knew

MakeIt This is about money. Not so much race. Let's not confuse these issues. Plenty of wealthy black people who can afford better healthcare than many white people. If there is internal discrimination, we should understand it and condemn it if unjustified.

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licantropo_max The Disproportionate Impact of Covid-19 on Black HealthCare Workers in the U.S.

MakeIt Phase 4 Emergency COVID 19 Relief for Black Americans

MakeIt Hospitals in NYC are killing black virus victims.

MakeIt I think it is the message. Just watch news and count how many black politicians and media people send out hate messages towards non-blacks. They all want to be incharge by keeping the black man or women down. I say stop watching news

MakeIt the world has a sad past but it had to evouvle that way or we would never understand gods plans, trials and tribulations make us the men we are soldgiers of Christ for the sake of love

MakeIt Of course, and we wonder why people want medicare4all? You lose your job = lose your healthcare covid19 discoveries notnew

MakeIt Get off this racial segregation BS. We had segregation in the 1960s. This is 2020.

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