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

African American woman with a face mask.
African American woman with a face mask.

Report: COVID-19 Third Leading Cause of Death Among Blacks more than Diabetes, Strokes, Accidents or Pneumonia (The Charlotte Post, 8/29/2020)

http://www.thecharlottepost.com/news/2020/08/27/covid-19/report-covid-19-third-leading-cause-of-death-among-black-americans/

Saenz: Latinos, Black People Bear Brunt of COVID (San Antonio Express-News, 8/28/2020)

https://www.expressnews.com/opinion/commentary/article/S-enz-Latinos-and-Blacks-bear-brunt-of-COVID-19-15520188.php

COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation Could Threaten Success, Herd Immunity (North Carolina Health News, 8/28/2020)

https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2020/08/28/covid-19-vaccine-misinformation-could-threaten-success-herd-immunity/

‘Racial Inequality May Be As Deadly As COVID-19,’ Analysis Finds (NPR. 8/27/2020)

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/08/27/906002043/racial-inequality-may-be-as-deadly-as-covid-19-analysis-finds

Large US COVID-19 Vaccine Trials are Halfway Enrolled, but lag on Participant Diversity (Washington Post, 8/27/2020)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/08/27/large-us-covid-19-vaccine-trials-are-halfway-enrolled-lag-participant-diversity/

HBCUs across NC have prepped for the fall semester. Is COVID-19 showing up for class? (The News Observer, 8/27/2020)

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/coronavirus/article245234910.html

Nearly 60% of African Americans say they won’t take COVID-19 vaccine (New York Amsterdam News, 8/27/2020)

http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2020/aug/27/nearly-60-african-americans-say-they-wont-take-cov/

Racism is Just as Deadly if Not Worse Than COVID-19 for Black People: Study (New York Post, 8/26/2020)

https://nypost.com/2020/08/26/racism-is-just-as-deadly-if-not-more-than-covid-19-for-black-people/

Coronavirus would have to kill an additional one million white Americans for their life expectancy levels to fall to those of Black People Pre-Pandemic, analysis finds (Daily Mail, 8/25/2020)

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-8663195/One-million-whites-die-COVID-reach-life-expectancy-levels-blacks.html

The Widespread Impact of COVID-19 on Latinos (Beyond Chron, 8/25/2020)

https://beyondchron.org/the-widespread-impact-of-covid-19-on-latinos/

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