As COVID-19 cases spike, Latino and Black residents of Los Angeles County now have double the mortality rate of white residents.
nationwide have died from COVID-19 so far in the pandemic. Black people, she said, are more likely to be exposed to the virus.. “They are overrepresented in the low-wage essential workforce, in healthcare, in food production and distribution, in other types of occupations that have been essential in keeping our streets and hospitals clean and keeping our environment safe.”
Racism contributes to health disparities that can persist independent of wealth or education. For instance, Long, as a highly educated Black woman, has statistically a much higher chance of giving birth to a premature baby than an equally educated white woman. And a lot of it, she said, “is because of chronic stress and fatigue secondary to issues like discrimination.”
Adverse childhood experiences are associated with the most common and serious chronic health conditions, and affect all communities, but do so disproportionately among communities of color.
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