[1]National Nurses United



The data shows that Black communities and people of color are facing
disproportionate impacts of COVID-19. 

What are the causes of these racial disparities, and what do they reveal
about our health care system? In order to address this pandemic and
protect Black lives now and beyond COVID-19, we need to answer these
questions and take a hard look at our health care system. 

As nurses, we know that everyone needs health care – throughout their
lives and especially during a pandemic. Our job is to heal and save lives
– and that also means fighting against racism and for Medicare for All. 

That’s why we’re hosting a special conversation today to dig into these
issues and learn why we’re seeing such disparate health outcomes across
race. 

[ [link removed] ]Join us for a live conversation today, June 17, about racial
disparities in health care at 5pm PT/8pm ET with Cathy Kennedy, RN and
president-elect of California Nurses Association and Zenei Cortez, RN and
president of National Nurses United.

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COVID-19 is laying bare the underlying inequalities and injustice in our
country and health care system. We’re seeing the ways in which racism and
oppression determine who has health care and wealth, and how that impacts
one's susceptibility to COVID-19. 

Black, Native American, and Latinx communities are most at risk because
they represent a greater share of essential workers; tend to be
overrepresented in the uninsured and underinsured; and are subjected to
unhealthy social determinants — low incomes, fewer educational
opportunities, substandard housing, and toxic environments. 

Our Black and Brown patients are infected and dying at two to four times
the national rate. It’s unacceptable, and it’s part of what makes racism a
public health crisis. 

We are committed to pushing for the transformative changes that are
necessary to protect the health and safety of everyone – and that starts
with getting informed.

[ [link removed] ]Will you join us for this important conversation today at 5pm PT/8pm
ET? Click here to get a reminder on Facebook as soon as we’re live.

Hope to see you there, 

National Nurses United 



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