In Louisiana, where a third of the population is black, a staggering 70 percent of corona virus victims are African American.
Black care workers are also more likely to have a higher personal income and lower family income, meaning they are more likely to have dependents and be unable to leave their high risk roles as essential workers.
Black and Latino workers are more likely to be essential workers and unable to work from home.
Black folks are more likely to be forced to go to small, crowded corner stores where social distancing and mask wearing are less enforced.
Sadly, pre-existing medical bias against Black patients makes it harder for African Americans to receive care for both underlying conditions and the COVID-19 virus itself.
