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coronavirus cases are now in metro Detroit, making it Michigan’s epicenter. Even the country’s leading infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, told ABC last week that “Detroit is starting to show some signs that they’re gonna take off.”
Residents, as well as health and elected officials, point to the city’s underlying inequalities as a reason.
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Leonard Edwards, 70, left, visits his father Will Edwards, 97, in Flint’s north side on March 20, 2020. Leonard, who recently had vertebrae surgery and has a cough, attempts to keep a safe distance for his father’s safety. Ryan Garza/Detroit Free Press
The health disparities are stark for the community: Black people, from infants to older individuals, already die in disproportionately higher numbers than white people in Detroit, according to the city’s health department. The risk of diabetes is 77 percent higher for African Americans than white or Latinx communities in the city, a 2016 National Medical Association report found. Meanwhile, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said higher blood pressure is more common among black people than white, Asian, or Latinx populations.
These underlying medical conditions — which also include asthma, heart disease, and other chronic lung disorders — are all more prevalent in black people than other groups because, as Fabiola Cineas pointed out for Vox, “hundreds of years of slavery, racism, vulnerabilities are the fact
”This virus is holding up a mirror to our society and reminding us of deep inequities in our country,” Whitmer said in a statement. “From basic lack of access to health care, transportation, and protections in the workplace, these inequities hit people of color and vulnerable communities the hardest. This task force will help us start addressing these disparities right now as we work to mitigate the spread of Covid-19 in Michigan.”
It’s a series of inequalities that point to why black people, not just in Detroit but across the nation, are experiencing higher numbers of Covid-19 cases — and why they are more likely to die from the virus.
Generations of poverty have made Detroit residents vulnerable to coronavirus
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Residents, as well as health and elected officials, point to the city’s underlying inequalities as a reason.
The health disparities are stark for the community: Black people, from infants to older individuals, already die in disproportionately higher numbers than white people in Detroit, according to the city’s health department. The risk of diabetes is 77 percent higher for African Americans than white or Latinx communities in the city, a 2016 National Medical Association report found. Meanwhile, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said higher blood pressure is more common among black people than white, Asian, or Latinx populations.
These underlying medical conditions — which also include asthma, heart disease, and other chronic lung disorders — are all more prevalent in black people than other groups because, as Fabiola Cineas pointed out for Vox, “hundreds of years of slavery, racism, vulnerabilities are the fact
”This virus is holding up a mirror to our society and reminding us of deep inequities in our country,” Whitmer said in a statement. “From basic lack of access to health care, transportation, and protections in the workplace, these inequities hit people of color and vulnerable communities the hardest. This task force will help us start addressing these disparities right now as we work to mitigate the spread of Covid-19 in Michigan.”
It’s a series of inequalities that point to why black people, not just in Detroit but across the nation, are experiencing higher numbers of Covid-19 cases — and why they are more likely to die from the virus.
Generations of poverty have made Detroit residents vulnerable to coronavirus
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no. just keep your mouth closed so bugs dont fly into it....
That's exactly why you are in quarantine, Grazi.
You're not fooling anyone..
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theresa governor of new york. governor cuomo. hes predicting this isnt over. it could be in 3 stages. this was just the first stage or wave. how ever you want to put it. its already emerged again in places where its thought to have been gone from. we shall see in the coming weeks then.
But Grazo Will be alive
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food here in the states will be scarce soon. pork industry is at risk,at the moment. its nota shortage,its the processing. people are sick and production has stopped. a pork factory has shut down in south dakota smithfield,the nations second largest pork producer has shut a plant down,with no start up date. field workers who were in fear of being deported,are now in fear of the virus.
this food situation is or can be a world wide problem.
this food situation is or can be a world wide problem.
those fuckers are back at it...
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