African Americans and COVID-19 (20 articles)

Rev Al Sharpton: Coronavirus Deaths Reveal a Startling Truth About America’s Two Pandemics

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/coronavirus-deaths-u-s-reveal-startling-truth-about-america-s-ncna1180471

U.S. Surgeon General: People of Color ‘Socially Disposed’ to Coronavirus Exposure (NPR 4/10/20)

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/10/832026070/u-s-surgeon-general-people-of-color-socially-predisposed-to-coronavirus-exposure

Black Medical Leaders: Coronavirus Magnifies Racial Equities with Deadly Consequences (USA Today 4/10/20)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/04/10/coronavirus-health-inequities-deadly-african-americans-column/5124088002/

Why African Americans May Be Especially Vulnerable to COVID-19 (Science 4/10/20)

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coronavirus-why-african-americans-vulnerable-covid-19-health-race

Coronavirus is Disproportionately Killing the Black Community. Here’s what experts say can be done about it (ABC NEWS4/10/20)

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/coronavirus-disproportionately-killing-black-community-experts/story?id=70011986

Coronavirus Has Hit Black Americans Hard nationwide: Here in Washington No One Knows? (Seattle Times 4/10/20)

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/coronavirus-has-hit-black-people-hard-nationwide-here-in-washington-no-one-knows/

How Racism and Poverty Made Detroit a New Coronavirus Hotspot (Vox 4/10/20)

https://www.vox.com/identities/2020/4/10/21211920/detroit-coronavirus-racism-poverty-hot-spot

Sean “Diddy Coombs Hosts Town Hall on Blacks and the Coronavirus ( Revolt TV 4/9/20)

https://www.complex.com/life/2020/04/diddy-hosts-state-of-black-america-coronavirus-townhall

Black Americans ‘Epicenter’ of Coronavirus Crisis made Worse by Lack of Insurance (ABC News 4/9/20)

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/make-covid-19-tests-treatment-easy-access-black/story?id=70048090

Coronavirus is Killing is Disproportionately Killed African Americans (Al-Jazeera 4/9/20)

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/coronavirus-disproportionately-killing-african-americans-200409231336885.html

Two Black Men Say They Were Kicked Out of Walmart for Wearing Protective Masks. Others Worry It Will Happen to Them (WP, 4/9/20)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/09/masks-racial-profiling-walmart-coronavirus/

CDC Data Point to Racial Disparity in COVID-19 Cases(NPR 4/8/2020)

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/08/830030932/cdc-hospital-data-point-to-racial-disparity-in-covid-19-cases

How is the Coronavirus Affecting Black Americans (NPR 4/8/2020)

https://www.npr.org/2020/04/08/829575332/how-is-the-coronavirus-affecting-black-americans

Virus is Twice as Deadly for Blacks and Latinos Than Whites in NYC (NYT 4/8/20)

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/nyregion/coronavirus-race-deaths.html

African Americans Lead Coronavirus Deaths in Philadelphia (WHYY, 4/8/20)

https://whyy.org/articles/african-americans-lead-coronavirus-deaths-in-philadelphia/

Why African Americans are at Higher Risk for Coronavirus(CNN 4/7/20)

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/07/us/coronavirus-black-americans-race/index.html

Black Americans Facing Alarming Rates of Coronavirus in Some States (NYT 4/7/20)

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/us/coronavirus-race.html

The Coronavirus is Infecting and Killing African Americans At a High Rate (WP 4/7/20)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/04/07/coronavirus-is-infecting-killing-black-americans-an-alarmingly-high-rate-post-analysis-shows/?arc404=true

Data Shows African Americans Make Up Most of Houston’s Coronavirus Deaths (KPRC Houston 4/7/20)

https://www.click2houston.com/health/2020/04/10/data-shows-african-americans-make-up-most-of-houstons-coronavirus-deaths/

Coronavirus Wreaks Havoc in African American Neighborhoods (BBC News 4/7/20)

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52194018