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.
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.
Hope to see you there,
National Nurses United
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