Vulnurable Communities & Covid-19 Pt. 1
Today Heidi explores how Covid-19 has exacerbated existing racial inequalities in the United States, especially in the black and latino communities.Sources referenced today - https://www.warren.senate.gov/oversight/letters/lawmakers-urge-hhs-to-address-racial-disparities-in-access-to-testing-and-treatment-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2020/07/covid-19-and-black-communities https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/05/opinion/coronavirus-social-distancing.htmlhttps://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/status-of-state-medicaid-expansion-decisions-interactive-map/https://naacp.org/coronavirus/coronavirus-resources/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/opinion/coronavirus-black-people.htmlhttps://www.marketwatch.com/story/black-communities-were-essentially-already-sick-before-coronavirus-pandemic-highlights-preexisting-condition-with-health-care-and-race-2020-06-30https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/health-equity/race-ethnicity.htmlhttps://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2020/20_0255.htmhttps://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2020/20_0255.htm?s_cid=pcd17e83_xhttps://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2021/02/16/black-history-covid-vaccine-fears-medical-experiments/4358844001/https://www.cdc.gov/tuskegee/timeline.htmhttps://cdfny.org/about-us/our-story/#:~:text=The%20Children's%20Defense%20Fund%20grew,leadership%20of%20Marian%20Wright%20Edelman.&text=Edelman%20began%20the%20Washington%20Research,Children's%20Defense%20Fund%20in%201973.