COVID-19: MISSISSIPPI’S WAKE-UP CALL
UncategorizedMay 8, 2020
skye
It isn’t news at this point that COVID-19 has struck the black community disproportionately hard compared to other races, especially in Mississippi. Why?
Between stories that I’ve read and the data that we as a country have collected regarding Coronavirus, I’ve come to the conclusion that this is indicative of a bigger problem in our society.
SOURCES:
- https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lightfoot-covid19-african-american-deaths-20200408-gqow2f6r2vdn3b5ddlmxxka5my-story.html
- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/us/coronavirus-race.html?referringSource=articleShare
- https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/10/mississippi-burned-obamacare-112181
- https://www.mississippicir.org/news/covid-19-exposes-holes-in-mississippis-health-care-system
- https://www.mississippicir.org/news/mississippis-health-care-cuts-are-costing-lives
- https://mississippitoday.org/2020/04/23/shalondra-rollins-was-taking-care-of-her-health-and-climbing-out-of-poverty-why-did-she-die-of-covid-19/
- https://mississippitoday.org/2020/04/08/black-mississippians-at-greater-risk-72-of-deaths-56-of-states-covid-19-cases/
- https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/14,21882,420,873.html