Vital Strategies: Governments Should Address Devastating Impact of COVID-19 on Communities of Color
August 05, 2020
August 05, 2020
NEW YORK, Aug. 5 -- Vital Strategies issued the following news release on Aug. 3:
As the United States surpasses four million confirmed COVID-19 cases, data show that Black and Latinx communities are much harder hit, with higher rates of infection and Black and Latinx people are more than twice as likely to die from the virus as white people. This inequity and the ongoing racial justice crisis may leave these same communities with significant trust gaps that lead to lower participat . . .
As the United States surpasses four million confirmed COVID-19 cases, data show that Black and Latinx communities are much harder hit, with higher rates of infection and Black and Latinx people are more than twice as likely to die from the virus as white people. This inequity and the ongoing racial justice crisis may leave these same communities with significant trust gaps that lead to lower participat . . .