For Black Americans, Covid-19 is a reminder of the racism of US healthcare

A disproportionate number of the 500,000 Americans who have died of coronavirus are people of color
February 22, 2021
Author: Keon L Gilbert, Ruqaiijah Yearby, Amber Johnson and Kira Banks
The Guardian

For Black Americans, Covid-19 is another brutal reminder of the racist legacy of the American healthcare system. A disproportionate number of the 500,000 Americans who have died of coronavirus are Black. Yet African Americans and other people of color have struggled to access vaccines.

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