A NEW REPORT outlines how the American health care system has failed communities of color due to entrenched bias, discrimination, & racism—and how the Trump Administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened this crisis. help.senate.gov/ranking/newsro…
This report found that:
➡️Black people are 3.5x more likely to die from COVID-19 than white people.
➡️COVID-19 accounts for 1 in 5 deaths in the Latinx community.
➡️American Indian or Alaska Native patients are being hospitalized at more than 4x the rate of white people.
The impacts of COVID-19 have been particularly severe for people of color who have a disability, are older adults, have pre-ex conditions, are LGBTQIA+, or are workers who earn low incomes.
These high rates of COVID-19 infection & mortality are driven by health & economic systems that were built on foundations of abuse, discrimination, racism, and neglect that continue to hurt communities of color today.
These inequities didn't start with the COVID-19 pandemic, nor will they end when the virus is contained.
This report makes 30 recommendations in order to address the inequality and systemic racism within our health system and improve health outcomes for communities of color during this pandemic and beyond.
This report is a call to action. We can—and must—do better.
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