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Why Black, Latinx Americans are suffering more from COVID-19

How federal response has failed to address racial disparities in pandemic's toll

07/06/2020

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Why Black, Latinx Americans are suffering more from COVID-19

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How federal response has failed to address racial disparities in pandemic's toll

For months, it's been clear that the pandemic is taking a disproportionate toll on people of color. Now, new data quantifies the disparities, showing that African American and Latinx people are nearly three times as likely to contract COVID-19 as white Americans and twice as likely to die from it. Amna Nawaz talks to Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo of the University of California, San Francisco.

07/06/2020

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