Another example of the racial and economic disparities in the impact of this virus. The white and wealth, often synonymous terms in Manhattan, can afford to abandon their primary residences. Meanwhile, residents of poorer boroughs must remain in the city and face the nation’s worst outbreak.
Dr. Jarvis T. Chen and Dr. Nancy Krieger of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health have recently published a paper, “Revealing the unequal burden of COVID-19 by income, race/ethnicity, and household crowding: US county vs. ZIP code analyses,” in which they examine COVID-19 disparities through an analysis of factors such as income, race/ethnicity, … Read more
“While almost three in four white voters said they did not know someone who died of the virus, 48 percent of black voters, and 52 percent of Latino voters, said they did.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/10/us-prisons-coronavirus-uprising-riot At the Lansing Correction Facility in Kansas, prisoners protested by uprising on Friday, April 10th. Police officials shut the protest down. The article cites previous examples of prison guards using pepper spray and other forms of force against prisoners who express fears about possible infection.
The Washington Post recently published an article about how two black men wearing masks were followed throughout the store by a police officer at a Walmart in Wood River, Illinois. The article includes a link to the YouTube video in which the two men are seen walking throughout the store as a police officer follows … Read more
Partners in Health is an organization that brings health care and sustainable health infrastructure to disadvantaged communities around the globe. Now, it is turning its focus not just outward, but also inward. PiH is suggesting how we can help organize our communities to stop Covid-19.
This particular article shares important data that hides behind our broad view of the impacts COVID-19. While few counties in the United State report their case fatality rate by race, the data shows reveals startling statistics about how majority black areas are disproportionately affected.
This article highlights the fact that black and Latino people are twice as likely to die from coronavirus than white people in NYC, based on data released this past week by the NYC DOH. One possible explanation for this, according to the article, is that 75% of “front-line workers” are minorities in addition to general … Read more
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/07/828827346/louisiana-sen-cassidy-addresses-racial-disparities-in-coronavirus-deaths The senator does not take into account how poverty and systematic oppression affects health. Instead, he blames genetics for racial disparities and high rates of infection and deaths amongst black communities.
Article link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/nyregion/coronavirus-queens-corona-jackson-heights-elmhurst.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage Authors: Annie Correal and Andrew JacobsPublished on April 9, 2020, in the New York Times This is an excellent piece discussing the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 throughout disadvantaged NYC communities.
