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<blockquote data-quote="Old Man Jingles" data-source="post: 4448552" data-attributes="member: 18222"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/all-but-three-people-who-died-from-covid-19-in-st-louis-were-black-2020-4" target="_blank">All but 3 people who died from COVID-19 in St. Louis, Missouri, were black</a></strong></span></p><p></p><p>All of the St. Louis' reported COVID-19 deaths were African American until April 10, when the City of St. Louis Department of Health reported the first deaths outside the racial minority group. That means at least 14 of the city's 17 residents who died from the novel virus were African American.</p><p></p><p>In Chicago, African Americans make up 30% of the population — but 72% of the people who've died from COVID-19 were black.</p><p></p><p>Although data has laid bare the glaring racial disparities in the impact of the novel virus in St. Louis and beyond, US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams said the impacts on black communities across American have more to do with social issues than race.</p><p></p><p>"We know that populations that are socioeconomically challenged that don't have access to good health care, that don't have access to nutritious food, are victims of many diseases including diabetes, high blood pressure," Dr. Alex Garza, the head of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "It's an indication of social inequities that existed before this pandemic came around."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old Man Jingles, post: 4448552, member: 18222"] [SIZE=6][B][URL='https://www.businessinsider.com/all-but-three-people-who-died-from-covid-19-in-st-louis-were-black-2020-4']All but 3 people who died from COVID-19 in St. Louis, Missouri, were black[/URL][/B][/SIZE] All of the St. Louis' reported COVID-19 deaths were African American until April 10, when the City of St. Louis Department of Health reported the first deaths outside the racial minority group. That means at least 14 of the city's 17 residents who died from the novel virus were African American. In Chicago, African Americans make up 30% of the population — but 72% of the people who've died from COVID-19 were black. Although data has laid bare the glaring racial disparities in the impact of the novel virus in St. Louis and beyond, US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams said the impacts on black communities across American have more to do with social issues than race. "We know that populations that are socioeconomically challenged that don't have access to good health care, that don't have access to nutritious food, are victims of many diseases including diabetes, high blood pressure," Dr. Alex Garza, the head of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "It's an indication of social inequities that existed before this pandemic came around." [/QUOTE]
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