Black People Are Dying Of COVID-19 At Alarming Rates. Here's Why.
4 years, 9 months ago

Black People Are Dying Of COVID-19 At Alarming Rates. Here's Why.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING DETROIT — Greg Bowens stopped counting when seven people he knew well had died of COVID-19. “We haven’t dealt with social inequality in America, whether in education or job or incomes,” said Hedwig Lee, a sociology professor at Washington University in St. Louis who studies racial disparities in health. “People are living together in the same house to be able to stay afloat, and there’s children and maybe seniors, and everybody’s in the house, and so if it affects one, it’s going to affect everybody.” Residents of the Bronx, which is majority Black and Latino, appear to have roughly the same likelihood of catching COVID-19 as the rest of New York City but twice the chance of dying. “That affects mental and physical health and immune function in ways that could lead to higher risk of getting COVID-19 and having complications.” Policies such as educational and housing segregation and mass incarceration likely contributed to the higher COVID-19 deaths rates among African Americans. African Americans are not doing poorly because of their genes, they’re doing poorly because of the policies we’ve created that constrain their access to resources.” Former Detroit Health Department Director Abdul El Sayed said he hopes the coronavirus will encourage America to face up not only to its inequitable history and social policies but also to the fallacy of its ethos of rugged individualism.

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Black Americans still suffer worse health. Here’s why there’s so little progress
2 months, 1 week ago

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

Salon  

KINGSTREE, S.C. — One morning in late April, a small brick health clinic along the Thurgood Marshall Highway bustled with patients. “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 …

Long-term health issues following COVID-19
1 year, 4 months ago

Long-term health issues following COVID-19

The Hindu  

In May 2023, WHO declared the emergency phase of the pandemic to be over. The Washington University/VA St. Louis Health Care System group looked at 1,38,818 people who survived COVID-19, among whom 20,580 were hospitalised. Among 80 health conditions that comprise Long COVID, 65% conditions persisted at two years in the hospitalised group, while 31% persisted in the latter. Compared …

5 takeaways from AP’s series on health disparities impacting Black Americans
1 year, 7 months ago

5 takeaways from AP’s series on health disparities impacting Black Americans

Associated Press  

The Associated Press spent a year examining how racial health disparities have harmed generations of Black Americans. While only 32% of white adults with high blood pressure have their condition under control with medication, the figure for Black Americans is even lower — 25%. Health conditions like cardiovascular disease and diabetes experienced in earlier stages of life are known risk …

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 …

A 'staggering' number of people couldn't get care during the pandemic, poll finds
2 years, 5 months ago

A 'staggering' number of people couldn't get care during the pandemic, poll finds

NPR  

A 'staggering' number of people couldn't get care during the pandemic, poll finds Enlarge this image toggle caption Nicole Buchanan for NPR Nicole Buchanan for NPR When the pandemic started, Tomeka Kimbrough-Hilson knew she had a small growth inside her uterus. That's a "staggering" number of people unable to access care, says Mary Findling, the assistant director of the Harvard …

Nearly 1 million COVID-19 deaths: A look at the US numbers
2 years, 8 months ago

Nearly 1 million COVID-19 deaths: A look at the US numbers

Associated Press  

Doug Lambrecht was among the first of the nearly 1 million Americans to die from COVID-19. “I just hope people who didn’t know them and didn’t have the same sort of loss in their lives due to COVID, I just hope that they don’t forget and they remember to care.” ELDERS HIT HARD Three out of every four deaths were …

Covid-19 is killing more people now than during most of the pandemic. Here’s who’s still at risk
2 years, 10 months ago

Covid-19 is killing more people now than during most of the pandemic. Here’s who’s still at risk

CNN  

CNN — Plummeting Covid-19 case counts across the United States are leading to lifted mask mandates and more conversations about steps toward normalcy – but more people are dying of the coronavirus now than during most points of the pandemic. More than 120,000 people in the US have died of Covid-19 since Omicron became the dominant variant in December, and …

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 …

US life expectancy falls by more than a year due to Covid-19 pandemic, CDC study says
3 years, 5 months ago

US life expectancy falls by more than a year due to Covid-19 pandemic, CDC study says

CNN  

CNN — Life expectancy in the United States fell by a year and a half in 2020 primarily due to increases in death due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to early data released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. life expectancy at birth for 2020, based on nearly final data, was 77.3 years, the lowest it has …

A steep drop in American life expectancy is only partly because of the pandemic
3 years, 5 months ago

A steep drop in American life expectancy is only partly because of the pandemic

Salon  

Between 1942 and 1943, the average life expectancy of an American fell by 2.9 years. In general, American life expectancy has risen or remained stagnant every year for the past fifty years, until around 2014 when it tapered off and dipped very slightly. Yet in 2020, the United States is facing a far more dramatic drop in life expectancy, attributable …

‘Cause for alarm’: COVID-19 hospitalizations worsen for Black L.A. County residents
3 years, 6 months ago

‘Cause for alarm’: COVID-19 hospitalizations worsen for Black L.A. County residents

LA Times  

Coronavirus case and hospitalization rates are worsening for Los Angeles County’s Black residents, a troubling sign less than a month after California fully reopened its economy. “These disproportionately increasing rates of cases and hospitalizations among Black residents are cause for alarm,” said L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer, “and they require strategic actions to prevent increased transmission and illness.” …

U.S. life expectancy drop during pandemic shows ‘price people pay for systemic racism’
3 years, 6 months ago

U.S. life expectancy drop during pandemic shows ‘price people pay for systemic racism’

LA Times  

Workers at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Los Angeles prepare to move the body of a COVID-19 victim to the hospital’s morgue. If we had to roll up our sleeves before, now we have to fundamentally start over.” In an editorial published alongside the new research, UC Berkeley demographer Magali Barbieri wrote that the pandemic has “operated as a …

COVID-19 pandemic caused US life expectancy to decrease by nearly TWO YEARS to 76.8
3 years, 6 months ago

COVID-19 pandemic caused US life expectancy to decrease by nearly TWO YEARS to 76.8

Daily Mail  

The COVID-19 pandemic caused life expectancy in the U.S. to decrease by nearly two years, a new study suggests. A new study found that life expectancy in the U.S. fell by nearly two years from 78.8 years in 2018 to 76.8 years in 2020, which is the biggest drop since World War II when life expectancy fell by 2.9 years …

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 …

CDC: COVID-19 Was 3rd-Leading Cause Of Death In 2020, People Of Color Hit Hardest
3 years, 9 months ago

CDC: COVID-19 Was 3rd-Leading Cause Of Death In 2020, People Of Color Hit Hardest

NPR  

CDC: COVID-19 Was 3rd-Leading Cause Of Death In 2020, People Of Color Hit Hardest Enlarge this image toggle caption Al Drago/Getty Images Al Drago/Getty Images COVID-19 was the third-underlying cause of death in 2020 after heart disease and cancer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed on Wednesday. A pair of reports published in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality …

COVID-19 deaths falling but Americans ‘must remain vigilant’
3 years, 9 months ago

COVID-19 deaths falling but Americans ‘must remain vigilant’

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — U.S. deaths from COVID-19 are falling again as the nation continues to recover from the devastating winter surge, a trend that experts are cautiously hopeful will accelerate as more vulnerable people are vaccinated. “I am encouraged by these data but we must remain vigilant,” Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said …

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, …

COVID: US life expectancy drops, Black and Latinos hardest hit
3 years, 10 months ago

COVID: US life expectancy drops, Black and Latinos hardest hit

Al Jazeera  

Latino and Black communities see life expectancy fall by 2 and 3 years respectively, in first 6 months of 2020. Life expectancy in the United States dropped a staggering one year during the first half of 2020 as COVID-19 caused its first wave of deaths that disproportionately affected people of colour, according to a new report by the US Centers …

Trump's COVID response was deadly — but decades of dreadful, racist policy set up the catastrophe
3 years, 10 months ago

Trump's COVID response was deadly — but decades of dreadful, racist policy set up the catastrophe

Salon  

About 40% of coronavirus deaths under President Donald Trump were avoidable — but even the total number of U.S. pandemic deaths last year is dwarfed by the annual number of preventable deaths caused by four decades of racist and pro-corporate policies, according to a new Lancet Commission report. "The disturbing truth is that many of President Trump's policies do not …

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 …

Do policy makers really have the will to reduce Covid deaths caused by inequality?
4 years ago

Do policy makers really have the will to reduce Covid deaths caused by inequality?

The Independent  

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BC-The Conversation for December 9, 10am, ADVISORY
4 years, 1 month ago

BC-The Conversation for December 9, 10am, ADVISORY

Associated Press  

Here’s a look at what The Conversation, a non-profit source of explanatory journalism from experts in academia, is offering today. ------- TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: -Electoral College -Computer science jobs -Racial health gap ------- STORIES: Kids want to learn more about mental illness and how to cope with parents who live with it COMMENTARY Understanding a family member’s diagnosis can help teens …

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 …

More Americans are surviving covid-19, but that could change as rates rise
4 years, 1 month ago

More Americans are surviving covid-19, but that could change as rates rise

Live Mint  

The death rate from Covid-19 is falling in the U.S., according to infectious-disease experts and biostatisticians, a signal of advancements in treatment of the disease. Death rates are also improving as infections shift toward younger people, who are at less risk of severe Covid-19 than older people, public-health experts say. Since the beginning of the pandemic, health authorities have tracked …

Pandemic in Chicago: Why are more Black people dying of COVID-19?
4 years, 1 month ago

Pandemic in Chicago: Why are more Black people dying of COVID-19?

Al Jazeera  

As coronavirus cases continue to rise in the United States, communities of colour have been hardest hit. ‘Things are deeply racialised’ When COVID began to take hold earlier this year, nearly 70 percent of deaths in Chicago were Black residents even though they make up only 30 percent of the city’s population. “The sort of recipe for impact existed at …

Studies Point To Big Drop In COVID-19 Death Rates
4 years, 2 months ago

Studies Point To Big Drop In COVID-19 Death Rates

NPR  

Studies Point To Big Drop In COVID-19 Death Rates Enlarge this image toggle caption Mario Tama/Getty Images Mario Tama/Getty Images Updated Oct. 26 at 6:11 p.m. "We find that the death rate has gone down substantially," says Leora Horwitz, a doctor who studies population health at New York University's Grossman School of Medicine and an author on one of the …

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 …

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 …

The Majority Of Children Who Die From COVID-19 Are Children Of Color
4 years, 3 months ago

The Majority Of Children Who Die From COVID-19 Are Children Of Color

NPR  

The Majority Of Children Who Die From COVID-19 Are Children Of Color Enlarge this image toggle caption Jessica Hill/AP Jessica Hill/AP The vast majority of children dying from COVID-19 are Hispanic, Black or Native American, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While the majority of deaths occurred after the children were admitted to …

'Racial Inequality May Be As Deadly As COVID-19,' Analysis Finds
4 years, 4 months ago

'Racial Inequality May Be As Deadly As COVID-19,' Analysis Finds

NPR  

'Racial Inequality May Be As Deadly As COVID-19,' Analysis Finds Enlarge this image Matt Rourke/AP Matt Rourke/AP Even during the COVID-19 pandemic, mortality rates and life expectancy are far better for white Americans than they are for Black people during normal, non-pandemic years, according to an analysis published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. She …

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 …

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 …

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 …

CDC data: Covid-19 hit Hispanics, Blacks and those with underlying conditions harder
4 years, 6 months ago

CDC data: Covid-19 hit Hispanics, Blacks and those with underlying conditions harder

CNN  

CNN — A new report released Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows how the coronavirus has been especially devastating to certain communities. Black people, Hispanics and those with underlying conditions – especially men and elderly people – faced higher risks from Covid-19, the data show. Those with underlying conditions Among the 287,320 patients for whom the …

Poll: Black Americans most likely to know a COVID-19 victim
4 years, 6 months ago

Poll: Black Americans most likely to know a COVID-19 victim

Associated Press  

DETROIT — African Americans are disproportionately likely to say a family member or close friend has died of COVID-19 or respiratory illness since March, according to a series of surveys conducted since April that lays bare how black Americans have borne the brunt of the pandemic. While recent surveys conducted by the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research have found …

Coronavirus tracked: How Covid-19 deaths in the UK compare by race and ethnicity
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus tracked: How Covid-19 deaths in the UK compare by race and ethnicity

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A report from Public Health England in early June found that the death risk …

Coronavirus kills Black people at twice the rate as white people: Here’s what we can do about it
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus kills Black people at twice the rate as white people: Here’s what we can do about it

LA Times  

Janice Brown rests in a Victorville hospital, where she is being treated for COVID-19. “There has not been a single year since the founding of the United States when people of African descent have not been sicker and died younger than white people,” said Dr. Mary Bassett, a former health commissioner for New York City and professor at Harvard’s T.H. …

America is facing a 'double pandemic': coronavirus COVID-19 and racism
4 years, 7 months ago

America is facing a 'double pandemic': coronavirus COVID-19 and racism

ABC  

On the day George Floyd was gasping for air on a kerbside in Minneapolis, hundreds of Americans took their last breath with him. "There's COVID-19 and there's COVID-1619 — the year when slavery came to America," he said. "I don't think any of us are surprised, any time there's a crisis it's usually the most disadvantaged that feel the most …

COVID-19 Has Devastated The Black Community. Here's Why And What Needs To Change.
4 years, 7 months ago

COVID-19 Has Devastated The Black Community. Here's Why And What Needs To Change.

Huff Post  

"A recent poll showed Black Americans are twice as likely to know someone who has tested positive or died from COVID-19." A recent poll showed Black Americans are twice as likely to know someone who has tested positive or died from COVID-19. But, Black Americans have also had less access to COVID-19 testing and medical care. The grief and anxiety …

UK study claims minorities at higher risk of COVID-19 death than white Britons, but doesn't answer why
4 years, 7 months ago

UK study claims minorities at higher risk of COVID-19 death than white Britons, but doesn't answer why

Firstpost  

The study didn’t account for factors such as obesity and other conditions that increase the risk of death with COVID-19, or for the jobs done by those who died. People in Britain from ethnic minorities have died in larger relative numbers with COVID-19 than their white compatriots, according to a study by British health authorities published Tuesday. The Public Health …

People from ethnic minorities are up to 50% more likely to die from coronavirus than white people, UK report finds
4 years, 7 months ago

People from ethnic minorities are up to 50% more likely to die from coronavirus than white people, UK report finds

CNN  

CNN — People from the UK’s ethnic minority communities are up to 50% more likely to die with coronavirus than their white British peers, a government review has found. In an address to parliament later Tuesday, UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said: “Being black or from a minority ethnic background is a major risk factor.” Hancock admitted that there was …

Cause of death: COVID-19, police violence or racism?
4 years, 7 months ago

Cause of death: COVID-19, police violence or racism?

LA Times  

Demonstrators march through uptown Whittier to protest police brutality. Doctors and public health experts will tell you that, compared to white Americans, African American people die prematurely and disproportionately of many ills: heart disease, stroke, COVID-19, police violence. It’s “an ongoing public health crisis that needs our attention now.” And in the midst of a pandemic, Benjamin and others fear …

What Do Coronavirus Racial Disparities Look Like State By State?
4 years, 7 months ago

What Do Coronavirus Racial Disparities Look Like State By State?

NPR  

What Do Coronavirus Racial Disparities Look Like State By State? "That's what's going to allow public health officials to really target different communities," she says. For example, he says West Virginia — which claims to have race data for 100% of positive cases and 82% of deaths — only reports three categories: white, black and "other." "There's a lot of …

Research suggests black and minority patients are more likely to die from COVID-19. We need to know why
4 years, 7 months ago

Research suggests black and minority patients are more likely to die from COVID-19. We need to know why

ABC  

"We're all in this together." "We're seeing a group of younger black and Asian ethnic minority individuals coming into hospital with fairly severe disease needing to go to intensive care," he said. Number of deaths in high migrant communities are soaring In Australia, recording of the ethnicity of people being tested was initially "unclear and inaccurate", according to Professor Brown, …

Institutional racism, inequity fuel high minority death toll from coronavirus, L.A. officials say
4 years, 7 months ago

Institutional racism, inequity fuel high minority death toll from coronavirus, L.A. officials say

LA Times  

An AltaMed Health Services staff member collects a sample on an oral swab for COVID-19 testing in Boyle Heights. Officials reported a rate of 89 deaths per 100,000 people among native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders and 18 per 100,000 among black people. “These rates are significantly higher than the mortality rate for other races and ethnicities, and although some of …

The disparity in coronavirus deaths shows we must tackle the ​structural inequalities in our society
4 years, 7 months ago

The disparity in coronavirus deaths shows we must tackle the ​structural inequalities in our society

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. Depending upon which figures you look at, black, Asian and minority ethnic …

Data shows virus death risk twice as high for black Britons
4 years, 8 months ago

Data shows virus death risk twice as high for black Britons

Associated Press  

LONDON — Almost all ethnic minorities in Britain are at greater risk of dying with the coronavirus, and black men and black women are nearly twice as likely to die than white individuals, according to an analysis by the national statistics agency. The analysis found that along with black Britons, people of Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Indian, and mixed ethnicity have a …

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