Soon after the coronavirus arrived in the United States, the racial inequities of its devastating toll became apparent: Black people were dying at twice the rate of whites. The data shocked some Americans. Others panicked. The role that race and ethnicity play in Americansā health outcomes became headline news as the numbers were broadcast across […]
Margo Snipe
Margo Snipe was a health reporter at Capital B. Twitter @margoasnipe
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The Reading List: Black Communities and COVID-19ļæ¼
Not long after the first COVID-19 case was detected in the United States, the virus began to devastate Black families. Black Americans are nearly three times as likely to be hospitalized due to the virus than white Americans, and twice as likely to die, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control […]