New Survey Highlights Racial Disparities In The Coronavirus Pandemic
4 years, 8 months ago

New Survey Highlights Racial Disparities In The Coronavirus Pandemic

NPR  

New Survey Highlights Racial Disparities In The Coronavirus Pandemic Enlarge this image toggle caption Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images A Pew Research Center survey conducted this month among 4,917 U.S. adults found that 27% of black people personally knew someone who was hospitalized with or died from COVID-19, compared to just 1 in 10 white and Hispanic people. Thirty-three percent of people surveyed said they were very concerned about passing on the virus without knowing; that percentage was composed by nearly half of Hispanic adults and 38% of black adults, compared to 28% of white adults. Sponsor Message In the last weeks in places like New York city and Chicago, officials have reported people of color dying at higher rates from coronavirus compared to white people. Experts say this isn't because minorities are biologically predisposed to the disease, but as Dr. Jerome Adams, the U.S. surgeon general, said at the White House briefing last week, people of color are "more likely to live in densely packed areas and in multigenerational housing situations, which create higher risk for spread of highly contagious disease like COVID-19."

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Black Americans still suffer worse health. Here's why there's so little progress
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Black Americans still suffer worse health. Here's why there's so little progress

NPR  

Black Americans still suffer worse health. “When COVID was first hitting, it was just sort of immediately clear who was going to suffer the most,” Ducas said, “not just because of differential access to care, but who was in a living environment that’s multigenerational or crowded, who is more likely to be in a job where they are an essential …

Study reveals toll of being Black in U.S.: 1.6 million excess deaths over 22 years
1 year, 7 months ago

Study reveals toll of being Black in U.S.: 1.6 million excess deaths over 22 years

LA Times  

Research has long shown that Black people live sicker lives and die younger than white people. Now a new study, published Tuesday in the medical journal JAMA, casts the nation’s racial inequities in stark relief, finding that the higher mortality rate among Black Americans resulted in 1.63 million excess deaths relative to white Americans over more than two decades. We …

Racial split on COVID-19 precautions endures as restrictions ease in U.S.
2 years, 8 months ago

Racial split on COVID-19 precautions endures as restrictions ease in U.S.

LA Times  

Black and Latino Americans remain far more cautious in their approach to COVID-19 than white Americans, recent polls show, reflecting diverging preferences on how to deal with the pandemic as federal, state and local restrictions fall by the wayside. Despite majority favorability among U.S. adults overall for measures like mask mandates, public health experts said divided opinions among racial groups …

Covid mortality higher among ethnically diverse communities
2 years, 9 months ago

Covid mortality higher among ethnically diverse communities

NL Times  

Proportionally, more ethnically diverse people died of Covid-19 in the first coronavirus year - March 2020 to March 2021 - than people with Dutch roots, Statistics Netherlands reported on Tuesday. Coronavirus mortality was relatively higher among people with a Moroccan, Turkish, Surinamese, or Indonesian background in the first and second ave than among the general population. The stats office did …

Op-Ed: Cuts to COVID relief programs are coming. Once again Latinos will bear the brunt of the effect
2 years, 9 months ago

Op-Ed: Cuts to COVID relief programs are coming. Once again Latinos will bear the brunt of the effect

LA Times  

Last week President Biden signed a new government spending bill into law. As has been true throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the people likely to suffer most from these changes to COVID relief programs are communities of color, especially Latinos. Even without the cuts to COVID spending by the government, it is important to determine what policy responses are needed federally …

COVID deaths severely undercounted among communities of color, new study finds
3 years, 3 months ago

COVID deaths severely undercounted among communities of color, new study finds

Salon  

In the early months of COVID-19's spread across the U.S. last year, researchers and journalists began tracking an obvious trend: The virus was decimating communities of color, lower income neighborhoods and those living in crowded, sometimes multigenerational settings. In a research letter published last week in JAMA Network Open, the study's authors suggest that about 20% of excess deaths in …

As US COVID-19 death toll nears 600,000, racial gaps persist
3 years, 6 months ago

As US COVID-19 death toll nears 600,000, racial gaps persist

Associated Press  

Jerry Ramos spent his final days in a California hospital, hooked to an oxygen machine with blood clots in his lungs from COVID-19, his 3-year-old daughter in his thoughts. President Joe Biden acknowledged the milestone Monday during his visit to Europe, saying that while new cases and deaths are dropping dramatically in the U.S., “there’s still too many lives being …

As US COVID-19 death toll nears 600,000, racial gaps persist
3 years, 6 months ago

As US COVID-19 death toll nears 600,000, racial gaps persist

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Now, even as the outbreak …

Ethnic minority Amsterdammers harder hit by coronavirus, according to report
3 years, 7 months ago

Ethnic minority Amsterdammers harder hit by coronavirus, according to report

Dutch News  

Evidence has emerged that the coronavirus is disproportionately fatal to Dutch people from certain ethnic minorities, amid calls for more information from government in different languages. Research published on Thursday by Amsterdam city council broke down death rates, comparing people of Dutch origin and those with other ethnic origins, including ‘those from countries with lower incomes’. The research points out …

‘Almost 180-degree turnaround’: More Black Americans open to jabs
3 years, 8 months ago

‘Almost 180-degree turnaround’: More Black Americans open to jabs

Al Jazeera  

Community leader credits drop in coronavirus vaccine hesitancy among Black people in US to effective outreach. According to the late March poll by the Associated Press news agency and NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, about 24 percent of Black people said they would probably or definitely not get vaccinated. Dr Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health …

People with low incomes 'more likely to die' from coronavirus
3 years, 9 months ago

People with low incomes 'more likely to die' from coronavirus

Dutch News  

Low earners may be more likely to die from coronavirus than high earners, according to an analysis of first wave deaths by researchers at Amsterdam’s UMC teaching hospital and national statistics agency CBS. The researchers looked at the backgrounds of the 10,067 people who are confirmed or almost certain to have died from coronavirus between March and July last year …

Little Difference In Vaccine Hesitancy Among White And Black Americans, Poll Finds
3 years, 9 months ago

Little Difference In Vaccine Hesitancy Among White And Black Americans, Poll Finds

NPR  

Little Difference In Vaccine Hesitancy Among White And Black Americans, Poll Finds Enlarge this image toggle caption Mario Tama/Getty Images Mario Tama/Getty Images There is little difference in reluctance to take the coronavirus vaccine among Black and white people in the U.S., according to the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist survey. Among those who responded to the survey, 73% of Black people …

Coronavirus update: Latest Covid-19 vaccine and world news
3 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus update: Latest Covid-19 vaccine and world news

CNN  

Cars are lined up at the mass Covid-19 vaccination site at Dodger Stadium on February 23 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama/Getty Images More than half of Americans said they have already gotten at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine or want to get vaccinated as soon as possible, the Kaiser Family Foundation reported Friday. Black and Hispanic adults …

Opinion: Black Americans are bearing the brunt of the pandemic. Here’s how to make the vaccine rollout more equitable
3 years, 10 months ago

Opinion: Black Americans are bearing the brunt of the pandemic. Here’s how to make the vaccine rollout more equitable

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Bhaskar Chakravorti is the dean of Global Business at Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. But even in Biden’s home state of Delaware, where Black Americans make up 24% of Covid-19 cases, as of Friday, they accounted for only 9% of vaccinations. For a particularly stark example of how this digital divide affects the vaccine rollout, …

TV ad to encourage black people and ethnic minorities to get Covid vaccine
3 years, 10 months ago

TV ad to encourage black people and ethnic minorities to get Covid vaccine

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An advert featuring black and British-Asian celebrities is set to air …

‘Not rocket science’: US experts demand COVID vaccine race data
3 years, 10 months ago

‘Not rocket science’: US experts demand COVID vaccine race data

Al Jazeera  

More data is needed to ensure hard-hit communities of colour are not left behind in vaccine drive, health experts say. When the first cases of COVID-19 were reported in the United States last year, public health officials and community experts warned that Black and other people of colour would be disproportionately hard hit. In a report released on February 1, …

Black Americans are getting vaccinated at lower rates than white Americans
3 years, 11 months ago

Black Americans are getting vaccinated at lower rates than white Americans

Salon  

Black Americans are receiving covid vaccinations at dramatically lower rates than white Americans in the first weeks of the chaotic rollout, according to a new KHN analysis. "My concern now is if we don't vaccinate the population that's highest-risk, we're going to see even more disproportional deaths in Black and brown communities," said Dr. Fola May, a UCLA physician and …

Black Americans Are Getting Vaccinated At Lower Rates Than White Americans, Study Finds
3 years, 11 months ago

Black Americans Are Getting Vaccinated At Lower Rates Than White Americans, Study Finds

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING As the nation anxiously awaits for COVID-19 vaccines to be made available to more of the population, experts and activists are becoming increasingly concerned that the vaccines won’t reach marginalized communities. But a new study, released last week by the Kaiser Family Foundation, found that Black Americans are getting vaccinated against COVID-19 at lower rates than white …

December 15, 2020 coronavirus news
4 years ago

December 15, 2020 coronavirus news

CNN  

As the first Covid-19 vaccinations are being administered across the country this week, Black Americans remain among the groups that have the least confidence in the vaccine, according to a study from the Kaiser Family Foundation. The findings come as the nation’s top health leaders urge Black people to trust the vaccine, by hosting live events where Black health professionals …

Why the Americans who need the coronavirus vaccine most are so suspicious of it
4 years ago

Why the Americans who need the coronavirus vaccine most are so suspicious of it

ABC  

Fred Spry will tell you that his barber shop is more than just a barber shop. Key points: The US has seen nearly 300,000 deaths and more than 50 million job losses from COVID-19 Black Americans are dying from COVID-19 at double the rate of their white counterparts Studies show just a quarter of black Americans are committed to taking …

Black and ethnic minority staff at greater risk of Covid exposure than white employees, union says
4 years ago

Black and ethnic minority staff at greater risk of Covid exposure than white employees, union says

The Independent  

Black and ethnic minority staff are more likely to be exposed to the coronavirus at work than white workers – and are thus more likely to lose out on pay while self-isolating, a new study suggests. Union leaders said the research added to the mounting evidence that black and ethnic minority workers are facing both greater health risks and greater …

In alarming shift, Latinos getting coronavirus at more than double rate of whites in L.A. County
4 years, 1 month ago

In alarming shift, Latinos getting coronavirus at more than double rate of whites in L.A. County

LA Times  

In this Nov. 19, 2020, file photo, EMT Giselle Dorgalli, second from right, looks at a monitor while performing chest compression on a patient who tested positive for coronavirus in the emergency room at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles. By mid-November, the age-adjusted daily case rate among Latino residents was about 274 …

Black, Hispanic and Native American workers and their families face greater coronavirus exposure risks, report finds
4 years, 1 month ago

Black, Hispanic and Native American workers and their families face greater coronavirus exposure risks, report finds

CNN  

CNN — To keep the nation running during the coronavirus pandemic, a certain segment of the population has continued to go to work despite the health risks – both to perform essential functions and to staff businesses that allow the rest of society to retain a sense of normalcy. Black, Hispanic and Native American workers are more likely than their …

Ethnic minorities disproportionately hit by coronavirus: Lancet
4 years, 1 month ago

Ethnic minorities disproportionately hit by coronavirus: Lancet

Al Jazeera  

Black and Asians at increased risk of COVID-19 infection compared with white individuals, according to an analysis by The Lancet medical journal. Ethnic minority groups are disproportionately affected by the novel coronavirus, with Black and Asian at increased risk of infection compared with white individuals, according to an analysis published in The Lancet medical journal. “These findings are of critical …

What you need to know about coronavirus on Thursday, November 12
4 years, 1 month ago

What you need to know about coronavirus on Thursday, November 12

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in the November 12 edition of CNN’s Coronavirus: Fact vs. Fiction newsletter. In an interview with Yahoo Finance, one of Biden’s coronavirus advisors, Dr. Michael Osterholm, warned that a period of “Covid hell” awaits the US in the coming weeks. WHAT’S IMPORTANT TODAY Moderna will know if its vaccine works by end of month …

In places you’re most likely to catch Covid-19, reducing crowds can help
4 years, 1 month ago

In places you’re most likely to catch Covid-19, reducing crowds can help

CNN  

CNN — A small minority of places where people go frequently account for a large majority of coronavirus infections in big cities, according to a new modeling study. “Our model predicts that capping points-of-interest at 20% of maximum occupancy can reduce the infections by more than 80%, but we only lose around 40% of the visits when compared to a …

Black people at almost twice the risk of dying from Covid-19, study finds
4 years, 3 months ago

Black people at almost twice the risk of dying from Covid-19, study finds

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Black people are at almost twice the risk …

Forum: Pandemic's Disproportionate Impacts on Minority Communities in U.S. Cities
4 years, 3 months ago

Forum: Pandemic's Disproportionate Impacts on Minority Communities in U.S. Cities

NPR  

Forum: Pandemic's Disproportionate Impacts on Minority Communities in U.S. Cities Months into the coronavirus pandemic, the devastating economic impact on Americans is beginning to be measured. Chan School of Public Health, finds that in some of America's largest cities, more than half of the households say they have lost a job, been furloughed, or had wages and hours reduced since …

Getting COVID-19 Is Putting Americans On The Brink Of Economic Crisis
4 years, 3 months ago

Getting COVID-19 Is Putting Americans On The Brink Of Economic Crisis

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Contracting COVID-19 is putting already financially stressed Americans on the brink of economic disaster. Of the Americans who’ve contracted COVID-19, 63% are facing serious financial problems, according to a survey released Wednesday morning from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Harvard University’s T.H. Instead they found widespread, serious financial distress ― particularly among Americans earning less …

As Pandemic Deaths Add Up, Racial Disparities Persist — And In Some Cases Worsen
4 years, 3 months ago

As Pandemic Deaths Add Up, Racial Disparities Persist — And In Some Cases Worsen

NPR  

As Pandemic Deaths Add Up, Racial Disparities Persist — And In Some Cases Worsen Enlarge this image toggle caption Matt Rourke/AP Matt Rourke/AP Data gathered early in the pandemic showed that communities of color are disproportionately affected by COVID-19 across the United States. Today, as the U.S. has surpassed 200,000 COVID-19 deaths, and reached nearly 7 million confirmed cases, racial …

NPR Poll: Financial Pain From Coronavirus Pandemic 'Much, Much Worse' Than Expected
4 years, 4 months ago

NPR Poll: Financial Pain From Coronavirus Pandemic 'Much, Much Worse' Than Expected

NPR  

NPR Poll: Financial Pain From Coronavirus Pandemic 'Much, Much Worse' Than Expected In America's four largest cities, at least half of people say they have experienced the loss of a job or a reduction in wages or work hours in their household since the start of the coronavirus outbreak. But the other three cities in our survey have had high …

Researchers show that COVID-19 racial disparities aren’t inevitable
4 years, 4 months ago

Researchers show that COVID-19 racial disparities aren’t inevitable

LA Times  

Two men self-administer coronavirus tests in Los Angeles to see whether they have COVID-19. Researchers analyzed more than 11,000 COVID-19 patients who were sick enough to seek treatment at a hospital and found that Black Americans in the study were no more likely to die of the disease than their white counterparts. Black patients were overrepresented among the 11,210 patients …

As US deaths mount, coronavirus takes outsized toll on minorities
4 years, 4 months ago

As US deaths mount, coronavirus takes outsized toll on minorities

Al Jazeera  

People of colour account for about 52 percent of all the ‘excess deaths’ in the United States so far this year. People of colour make up just under 40 percent of the US population but accounted for approximately 52 percent of all the “excess deaths” above normal through July, according to an analysis by The Associated Press and The Marshall …

Indigenous Americans hit harder by COVID-19: CDC report
4 years, 4 months ago

Indigenous Americans hit harder by COVID-19: CDC report

Al Jazeera  

Native Americans and Alaska Natives have been hit harder by COVID-19 than the US white population and have been more likely to become infected by the novel coronavirus at a younger age, a US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report showed on Wednesday. The incidence of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases among people identified as Native Americans or Alaska Natives was …

Over 900 health care workers have died from coronavirus. A new database tells their stories
4 years, 4 months ago

Over 900 health care workers have died from coronavirus. A new database tells their stories

CNN  

CNN — Of the nearly 165,000 Americans who’ve died from the coronavirus, at least 900 reportedly were health care workers. Now, the life stories of frontline physicians, nurses, clinical support staff and cleaners are being compiled in a new interactive database from Kaiser Health News and the Guardian US. Constant exposure, coupled with monthslong shortages of personal protective equipment, or …

COVID-19 racial disparities extend to kids, U.S. reports show
4 years, 5 months ago

COVID-19 racial disparities extend to kids, U.S. reports show

LA Times  

A 4-year-old has her temperature checked as she arrives at a Head Start daycare center in Stockton. Two new government reports show how COVID-19 racial disparities extend to kids. Racial disparities in the the U.S. coronavirus epidemic extend to children, according to two sobering reports released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One of the studies found …

California’s Latinos, Black people feel effects of pandemic most acutely, poll finds
4 years, 5 months ago

California’s Latinos, Black people feel effects of pandemic most acutely, poll finds

LA Times  

Black people and Latinos are far more likely than white people in Los Angeles and statewide to report that the coronavirus has threatened their health, their jobs and their finances, a new poll shows — underscoring the degree to which the pandemic has widened existing racial and class inequities. Nearly 7 in 10 Latino and Black voters in Los Angeles …

US coronavirus: Quit my job, or risk serious illness? Parents and teachers face grueling decisions as schools reopen
4 years, 5 months ago

US coronavirus: Quit my job, or risk serious illness? Parents and teachers face grueling decisions as schools reopen

CNN  

CNN — First-grade teacher Amy Forehand was stunned to learn young students in her Georgia school district will return to classrooms by the end of this month. So we’re going to have to pivot.” School districts across the country are making last-minute pivots and decisions as several students have already tested positive during their first days back. “And I’m not …

US coronavirus ’extraordinarily widespread’, say White House experts
4 years, 5 months ago

US coronavirus ’extraordinarily widespread’, say White House experts

Live Mint  

WASHINGTON: The United States is in a new phase of the novel coronavirus outbreak with infections "extraordinarily widespread" in rural areas as well as cities, White House coronavirus experts said on Sunday. "To everybody who lives in a rural area: You are not immune or protected from this virus," Birx said on CNN's "State of the Union." Birx, the White …

US coronavirus: 19,000 more Americans could die in the next 20 days, CDC composite forecast shows
4 years, 5 months ago

US coronavirus: 19,000 more Americans could die in the next 20 days, CDC composite forecast shows

CNN  

CNN — First, the good news: The numbers of new Covid-19 cases each day in about 27 states have generally plateaued this past week compared to the previous week. “This has to stop, and it has to stop now.” The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health told CNN in a statement Sunday it was investigating reports of a recent …

Study Points to Race, Equipment Access for Higher Coronavirus Risk in Health Staff
4 years, 5 months ago

Study Points to Race, Equipment Access for Higher Coronavirus Risk in Health Staff

News 18  

Researchers raised fears that "systematic racism" in the provision of protective equipment was putting minority health workers at greater risk on Friday, as a study showed higher coronavirus infection rates among British and American medical staff. The report, published in The Lancet Public Health journal, found that frontline healthcare workers were over three times more likely to test positive than …

In Minority Neighborhoods, Knocking On Doors To Stop The Spread Of The Coronavirus
4 years, 5 months ago

In Minority Neighborhoods, Knocking On Doors To Stop The Spread Of The Coronavirus

NPR  

In Minority Neighborhoods, Knocking On Doors To Stop The Spread Of The Coronavirus Enlarge this image toggle caption Sarah McCammon/NPR Sarah McCammon/NPR Around the country, communities of color continue to be among the hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic. "It's always gonna affect the lower-income communities and the minorities, just for the simple matter of fact that they've been dealing …

Fact-checking Trump’s claims that US coronavirus death rate is the lowest worldwide
4 years, 6 months ago

Fact-checking Trump’s claims that US coronavirus death rate is the lowest worldwide

CNN  

Washington CNN — As hospitals deal with a resurgent coronavirus outbreak, White House officials and the President himself continue to tout the country’s alleged success at addressing the virus. Because the chart I showed you where you have the mortality rate in Italy and UK up here and across Europe, and you have the United States at a low case …

The US has 4% of the world’s population but 25% of its coronavirus cases
4 years, 6 months ago

The US has 4% of the world’s population but 25% of its coronavirus cases

CNN  

CNN — The United States has long prided itself as the world’s shining beacon. The US represents 4% of the world’s population but 25% of all coronavirus cases More people are infected with and die from coronavirus in the US than anywhere else in the world. Over 1,000 Americans die every day in the US from coronavirus Coronavirus has now …

Coronavirus US: Public transit may explain racial discrepancies
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus US: Public transit may explain racial discrepancies

Daily Mail  

Public transit may be the reason that black people are dying from the novel coronavirus at higher rates than whites, two new studies suggest. One study found that racial disparities in death rates persisted when controlling for other factors, and is likely linked to black workers being more likely to take mass transit. Pictured: People ride the subway around New …

California Latino, Black residents hit even harder by coronavirus as white people see less danger
4 years, 6 months ago

California Latino, Black residents hit even harder by coronavirus as white people see less danger

LA Times  

Clarice Kavanaugh places a hand on the casket of her friend Charles Jackson at Inglewood Park Cemetery on April 15. Underlying conditions, such as high blood pressure, diabetes and asthma, are more common in Black and Latino communities than white communities — disparities that persist even among people with similar higher income levels, Bibbins-Domingo said. In Silicon Valley, home to …

Governors ignoring Covid-19 surge send a clear message communities of color (Opinion)
4 years, 6 months ago

Governors ignoring Covid-19 surge send a clear message communities of color (Opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Cecilia Muñoz is vice president of New America. Over the last several weeks, health officials, think tanks and journalists have begun to absorb and analyze new and distressing statistics revealing racial and ethnic disparities in the rates of illness and death from Covid-19. Cecilia Muñoz c/o New America When the early breakdown of how Covid-19 was impacting Black …

Black Medicare Patients With COVID-19 Nearly 4 Times As Likely To End Up In Hospital
4 years, 6 months ago

Black Medicare Patients With COVID-19 Nearly 4 Times As Likely To End Up In Hospital

NPR  

Black Medicare Patients With COVID-19 Nearly 4 Times As Likely To End Up In Hospital Enlarge this image toggle caption John Moore/Getty Images John Moore/Getty Images New federal data reinforces the stark racial disparities that have appeared with COVID-19: According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Black Americans enrolled in Medicare were hospitalized with the disease at rates …

South Asians are 20% more likely to die from Covid in hospital than white people
4 years, 6 months ago

South Asians are 20% more likely to die from Covid in hospital than white people

Daily Mail  

South Asians are 20 per cent more likely to die of coronavirus after being admitted to hospital than white people, a major study has found. South Asians are 20 per cent more likely to die of coronavirus after being admitted to hospital than white people, a major study has found One graph showed how the percentage of Covid-19 patients dying …

Vulnerable U.S. Latino communities hit hard by coronavirus
4 years, 6 months ago

Vulnerable U.S. Latino communities hit hard by coronavirus

LA Times  

A Hispanic immigrant working at a fast-food restaurant in North Carolina is rushed to the hospital after she contracts COVID-19. A Harvard paper used similar metrics to determine “years of potential life lost” due to COVID-19 mortality, finding that Latinos lost 48,204 years, compared with 45,777 for African Americans and 33,446 for non-Hispanic whites. “We have a lot of community …

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