Racism in the Pandemic

Speaking of Race

In this episode we give our take on the rapidly growing information about racial disparities in the face of the current pandemic. Some resources: https://www.propublica.org/article/early-data-shows-african-americans-have-contracted-and-died-of-coronavirus-at-an-alarming-rate https://theconversation.com/covid-19-is-hitting-black-and-poor-communities-the-hardest-underscoring-fault-lines-in-access-and-care-for-those-on-margins-135615 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-21/covid-19-divides-u-s-society-by-race-class-and-age https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-19/trump-says-coronavirus-could-have-been-stopped-in-china https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/world/coronavirus-equipment-rich-poor.html https://www.npr.org/2020/04/04/826780041/as-coronavirus-cases-rise-navajo-nation-tries-to-get-ahead-of-pandemic https://www.npr.org/2020/04/08/829575332/how-is-the-coronavirus-affecting-black-americans https://www.npr.org/2020/04/10/831480462/misinformation-distrust-may-contribute-to-black-americans-covid-19-deaths https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/10/832026070/u-s-surgeon-general-people-of-color-socially-predisposed-to-coronavirus-exposure https://the1a.org/segments/coronavirus-death-toll-racial-disparities/ Racism in the time of COVID-19 https://iaphs.org/racism-in-the-time-of-covid-19/ Fang, L., Karakiulakis, G., & Roth, M. (2020). Are patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus at increased risk for COVID-19 infection? The Lancet. Respiratory Medicine, 8, e21.