It's a plague that has laid bare, not just vulnerabilities in the U.S. hospital system, but gaping disparities in access to quality health care across minority communities.
"New York City, the overall infection rate was about 20%. We have some ZIP codes where the infection rate is over 50%," Cuomo said Tuesday. "It gets back to our conversation about injustice and inequality."The disparities aren't limited to New York. In Michigan, where cases peaked at more than 1,700 a day in late March, the differences in Covid-19 infections and deaths when compared with the overall population are stark.
"I think this country has changed," Duggan said. "While we saw race discrimination in its most brutal form in murder, the racial inequity in this country is far broader."The reasons why minorities tend to suffer from poorer health and deadlier Covid-19 outcomes are complex, and like many disparities affecting blacks in the U.S., are rooted in the American slave trade.
"The lack of store access in these communities — sometimes called food deserts — may contribute to poor diet, obesity, and other diet-related illness,"African Americans and Latinos in the U.S. are also more likely to lack health insurance than are white people. "Many people of color are essential workers who just cannot stay home, despite the fact that that's being recommended across different areas of the country," she said.
"Covid entered our society when there are already major health inequities to begin with that come from unjust differences in living and working conditions," Krieger said.To fully assess just how bad things are and where public health officials should target testing, researchers say they need more data. Some lawmakers and civil rights groupsfor not releasing more details on the racial breakdown of coronavirus infections and deaths.
Fake news , why not address why it’s spreading and the lack of taking it seriously and zero so ual distancing in to account.
Then good thing all those dumb fawks went out rioting to really spread it.
shut up. They went out to the streets in force with abandon. Disproportionate my arse.
Please contact me if anyone wants Covid 19 test kits. These are US FDA approved. Not free. But I will get you the allocation. No part of society should be under served.
Damned racist virus.
In NYC it is because African Americans ride and work on the subway in disproportionate numbers. But Cuomo/DeBlasio sent them to their deaths. The media? Crickets.
Obrigado pela Informação, !!! 🧐🌹🇯🇵
The supremacists must celebrating as the blacks have been a target .A case in point is late George Floyd.
The virus is totally racist.
CNBC, what is the name of sickness you got?
Also, highlights obesity differentials by race.
I'm sure it's in line with diabetes and hypertension, but blame it on racism.
Fear mongers!!
Or maybe a higher level of obesity, diabetes, exercise and high blood pressure from their diet. No - it’s better to blame someone else for your problems and play the card that always works.
So people with lower incomes have generally poorer health care? So it's about income, not race. Why is CNBC so racist?
Democrat governors mandated that nursing homes take COVID patients where black population is the highest. Quite simple explanation.
I wonder why
Black workers across many fields make 33% less than white colleagues. Companies should close that differential right away and if not state govts should do it by legislation. One time donatikns dont address this at all
美国制度存在问题，制度是为少数富人服务的，而不是最广大的美国民众！要想彻底的解决问题，必须改变制度本身，而不是光靠选举！
Of course they are. I hear Jessie Smollett was infected with covid after being assaulted by two white supremacist wearing MAGA hats, draped in Confederate flags.
Now COVID is rascist too?
In the 400 years after the 15th century, England, Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands began selling black slaves to Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas, causing 100 million blacks to leave Africa, and 20 million black slaves died in transit.
America blames everything on bkacks .. come on now thats getting old ...
Or lack of social distancing.
Are you referring to the black infant deaths from Abortion?
Evolution informs us that different populations develop different immunities thanks to different selection pressures. There's no way to expect a global pandemic to operate the same way on all people. It's impossible.
What a load of tosh! Personal responsibility, apparently, does not apply to the black community? Come on, CNBC, the blacks are not as stupid as you make them out to be.
guessing white people are to blame?
Vitamin D deficiancy. When will people start talking about the immune system rather than all this other bullshit. You can get high quality vitamin D for less than $15. The vast majority of Americans and almost all African Americans are vitamin D deficient
So the virus is racist ?
CNBC stop making every post about race
It’s self responsibility idiots
This is the dumbest race baiting article ever. ITS A NOVEL VIRUS. Race and access to healthcare dont have much to do with it. Nobody knows how to successfully treat it consistently. When is cnbc gonna cancel itself?
What minority communities? In 5 years white people will be minority Black .and latinos will surpass white in population .
That’s because black Americans are disproportionately unhealthier.
What percentage of blacks were at the protests?
Yep because the virus can pick and choose white or black, Hispanic or Indian etc etc. Corona is so smart it can even pick people with more or less money. Where to spread or not spread. Pretty amazing!! Get over it!
Disease has no boundries. Black peoplw have to take the necessary precautions.
can I go one day without seeing a tweet blaming white people for every issue in the world or nah?
Funny they need 4 journalist to write this so no one was targeted directly. you are weak
The 'protesters' should feel really bad for killing granny.
You’re just full of shit on that one. Stop the madness.
that is why they are allowing the riots and democrat funding is behind it. Democrats hate black people and are trying to kill them off
We still know very little about this virus. There are some reports that it hits people with type A blood worse than others. This might suggest that the disease strikes some genetics worse than others which could explain the higher death rates due to Covid in the black community.
Fear mongering once more.
Then why were u&the rest of the left mainstream media along with Dem Politicians encouraging Black people 2 get out and Protest. Why were so many allowed 2 attend the funeral?When the rest of the world didn’t get 2attend their families? Do u all just not care about their safety?
I guess protesting didn’t help
So stop hanging around in crowds.. that sure helps things don't it
They “laid bare” a bunch of cities with all the raping, robbing, pillaging, and burning.
Now it's white people's fault for the coronaviris
It will always be something to set them off. If nothing else, the sun rising. All they can do is whine, bitch, and demonstrate. Been like that since ‘64. No end in sight.
The 'African-American' is our most precious natural resource. Their inhalation problems after committing crimes should be our top priority. We've got to get air into the tar monsters, I don't care what it takes.
So it is about the healthcare and NOT ABOUT genetics? why do you continue to push lies?
These ‘protesters’ will have blood on their hands when granny dies from the virus they brought home to her.
We all know why.
😂😂😂😂
This damn racist Chinavirus is back in the news again. I thought it's been cured by the lootings.
Ameritheid AbolishAmeritheid
China Virus is racist?
Blacks just don't follow the rules or follow them poorly. Simple, and if you live in a city you've seen it.
And Vitamin D deficiency . After social and economic factors are taken away there is still a disparity in deaths among people of color not only in this country but across the northern Hemisphere and it is simply due to a lack of Vitamin D. Study it. I have
This ongoing disproportionate BS is getting old. This country has done so much for so many. Nothing is ever going to be enough.
Damn white people and their *shuffles deck* global pandemics!!
I've watched videos stating black people tend to be deficient in vitamin D which is needed to boost the immune system. Darker skin takes 3x longer than light skin, to make vitamin D from sunlight. Everyone should supplement with vitamin D3, 5000 units per day.
Maybe coronavirus is racist!
I'm sure all of the looting and protests didn't help. Oh wait we were just told ny the 'experts' that white supremacy is more lethal than coronavirus
I just can't. cnbc- your articles are all garbage. Not reporting. But pure trash.
Give me a BREAK. OMG. please. Stop.
Obesity is a factor
Fake CIA news
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Wow, apparently it’s going to get a lot worse for them in the many cities they’ve burned to the ground over the last few weeks.
then say ' thank you ' to the driver we see above...
That should work out well after the riots!!! The CoronaVirus is a white supremacist!!!
Access to quality healthcare is causing the disparity? The media appears to be in a desperate competition to win “most fake”. Good luck guys!
Oh boy, Covid-19 is a racist?
The Coreno Virus was manipulated in a Chinese Lab!
a gaping disparity of minority's, in citys that have been run by democrats for the past 50+ years/
Lies
When will this virus apologize for it's racism?
Liberals sure make black people victims. No other group. Seems racist.
Because we have a government that wants those votes but doesn’t do anything once elected.
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