Thread by @Medact

[BREAKING] @PHE_uk has published their report into the risk of racial and economic disparities on COVID19 outcomes.

Again it shows that racial inequalities & socioeconomic inequalities amplify the risk of death due to COVID19

🧵A thread on the findings
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…

@PHE_uk Black communities face the highest death rate vs lowest for white communities.

People of Bangladeshi communities are twice at risk

Structural racism is a major underlying risk factor

@PHE_uk Socioeconomic deprivation adds to the risk of dying from COVID19

People of colour are over-represented in the most deprived areas of the UK

The Government has failed to act on this information with regards to their social protection policies.

@PHE_uk Nurses, nursing associates and midwives of Asian ethnicity had highest number of COVID19 cases followed by other people of colour

346 Care workers died in 21 March to 8 May 2020 more than in the same period in 2014 to 2018 and 74% had COVID-19 recorded as a cause of death.

@PHE_uk This is the direct result of slow government action in securing PPE for front line health workers right to NOT comprehensively securing the economic livelihoods of all people by ensuring access to income support and rent relief.

Impact of COVID19 is linked to these decisions.

@PHE_uk Workers who could not work from home, did not have the means to self isolate have born the burnt of the impact of the first wave.

Without urgent social protection policies to support incomes, secure housing and ending NHS charging for everyone. This tragic trend will continue.

@PHE_uk •Failure to guarantee minimum incomes for all
•Failure to end evictions
•Failure to drop NHS charging
•Failure to provide PPE + vital medical equipment

Are you a health care worker? Do you think the government should be doing better?

Take action now: medact.org/2020/actions/s…