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The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unequal impact on different racial and ethnic groups in the United States, resulting in new disparities of health outcomes as well as exacerbating existing health and economic disparities.
These disparities are believed to originate from structural racism in these countries which pre-dates the pandemic; a commentary in The BMJ noted that "ethnoracialised differences in health outcomes have become the new normal across the world" as a result of ethnic and racial disparities in COVID-19 healthcare, determined by social factors. [1]
Wealth, poverty and race dramatically affect the toll of the coronavirus, with Latinos and Black communities in the county continuing to be hit hard. 'Alarming' disparities leave parts of L.A ...
View Article The post Healthcare officials in Washington work to address racial disparities in COVID-19 vaccine distribution appeared first on TheGrio. When Washington, D.C.’s COVID-19 ...
COVID-19 has instantly become a threat to the health and survival of indigenous people. According to the CDC, many American Indian and Alaskan Native people are nearly twice as likely to die from COVID-19 compare to non-Hispanic Whites. The population of American Indians and Alaska Native (AIAN) has significantly dropped during the COVID pandemic.
Considerable evidence suggests that COVID-19 has hit certain racial and ethnic groups harder than whites. Research shows that people of color are at a higher risk of severe illness, ...
On July 20, 2020, the Strike for Black Lives was held, with organizers citing racial disparities during the pandemic as a cause of the strike. [118] A staff member of the COVID-19 Disparities Grant program exits the subway in Brooklyn, within New York City.
In June 2020, a report in the United Kingdom highlighted that ethnic minorities are at a higher risk of losing their lives due to COVID-19. On 5 June, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) announced to launch a statutory inquiry into racial inequalities , which have been exposed amidst a surge of COVID-19 cases in the UK.