COVID doesn’t discriminate, but the havoc wrought by the virus—the deaths, economic devastation, and intergenerational trauma—has disproportionately affected Black, Latino, and Native American communities. The numbers are awful.
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Due to COVID, Americans’ life expectancy has dropped 1.2 years.
For Black Americans, life expectancy has dropped 2.1 years;
For Latinos, life expectancy has dropped 3 years. (2/x)
For Black Americans, life expectancy has dropped 2.1 years;
For Latinos, life expectancy has dropped 3 years. (2/x)
The COVID death rate for Black Americans ages 30 to 49 is four times that of white Americans. (3/x) 
The COVID death rate for Native Americans ages 18 to 29 is 12 times that of white Americans. (4/x)
Latinos make up 20% of all 30- to 49-year-olds yet 45% of all COVID deaths in this age group. (5/x)
White Americans make up 68% of all 50- to 64-year-olds yet only 39% of all COVID deaths in this age group. (6/x)
During the pandemic, a greater proportion of Black, Latino, and multiracial families have lost income, aren’t sure if they can pay rent, and don’t have enough food to eat than white families, surveys show. (7/x)
An estimated 88 percent of Black Americans and 77 percent of Latinos are concerned about a COVID outbreak in their local area, but only 58 percent of white Americans say they are concerned about a local outbreak. (8/x)
9/9 Read more from @Edwin_D_Rios and @daudig, with illustrations by @LouiseZpomeroy, here: bit.ly/2NfN9fR
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