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African Americans and COVID-19: Part IX (10 Articles)

African Americans and COVID-19: Part IX (10 Articles)

Black People in San Antonio Are Dying From COVID-19 at a Disproportionate Rate. Why? (KSTX, 6/24/2020)

https://www.tpr.org/post/black-people-san-antonio-are-dying-covid-19-disproportionate-rate-why

Black People Aren’t Naturally Vulnerable to COVID-19. That’s Junk Science. (The Washington Post. 6/25/2020)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/black-people-arent-naturally-vulnerable-to-covid-19-thats-junk-race-science/2020/06/25/d04a5f98-b5d2-11ea-a8da-693df3d7674a_story.html

COVID-19 Highlights Long-Term Inequities in Some Communities (American Heart Association, 6/25/2020)

https://www.heart.org/en/news/2020/06/25/covid-19-highlights-long-term-inequities-in-some-communities

Medicare Data Says Black People More Likely to Be Hospitalized for COVID-19 (4 WWLTV, 6/23/20)

https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/blacks-likelier-to-be-hospitalized-from-coronavirus/507-3d43070a-6281-4937-b98f-5acbc088fa8a

COVID-19 level stabilizes in California, but Latinos and Blacks face concerns (FoxKTVU, 6/22/2020)

https://www.ktvu.com/news/covid-19-level-stabilizes-in-california-but-latinos-and-blacks-face-concerns

It’s Not Obesity. It’s Slavery. We know why Covid-19 is killing so many Black people. (The New York Times, 6/21/2020)

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/25/opinion/coronavirus-race-obesity.html

People of color 'bearing the brunt' of COVID-19's impact (Fredericksburg.com, 6/20/2020)

https://www.fredericksburg.com/news/local/people-of-color-bearing-the-brunt-of-covid-19s-impact/article_683afe02-1e34-5760-9882-7c1c134ab9a8.html

CDC data: Covid-19 hits Hispanics, Blacks, and those with underlying conditions harder (CNN, 6/20/2020)

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/20/politics/cdc-covid-charts-black-hispanic-underlying-conditions/index.html

Black, Latino COVID-19 disparities bring attention to broad health inequities (Wisconsin State Journal, 6/20/2020)

https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/health-med-fit/black-latino-covid-19-disparities-bring-attention-to-broad-health-inequities/article_4b5f367c-6b0a-58db-a711-046c4008b66d.html

Survey finds majority of Whites do not think Blacks disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 (WWL, 6/20/ 2020)

https://wwl.radio.com/articles/survey-finds-majority-of-whites-do-not-think-blacks-dispropo

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