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THE COLOR OF COVID IS BLACK
COVID-19 is killing people of African ancestry at rates 3.7 times* higher than White people.
Here in the U.S.:
- Black people make up only 12.4% of the overall population.
- Nearly one in four COVID-19 deaths is a Black person.
- One-third of the patients hospitalized with COVID-19 are Black.
Listen to Unity Care CEO André Chapman speak with California Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris and Assemblymember Dr. Shirley N. Weber, Chair of the California Legislative Black Caucus, in “COVID-19 A Conversation Among Leaders”.
Listen to André Chapman, CEO of Unity Care and creator of the COVID-19 BLACK initiative, discuss efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19 in the African ancestry community on the latest episode of “SVCF Philanthropy Now,” the Silicon Valley Community Foundation’s podcast.
André is joined by Dr. Noha Aboelata, CEO of Roots Community Health Center.
Dr. Italo Brown and Dr. Cedric Rutland stop by their local barbershop to talk about COVID-19 and the vaccine
The Color of COVID | Dr. Cindy Trimm & Dr. Paula Walker King
The Cause of Racial Disparities, COVID-19 | Dr. Camara Jones
COVID-19 Pandemic: Why are African-Americans more affected by the virus? | France 24
*as of 9/15/20, when adjusted for age. Source: APM Research Lab https://www.apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-by-race