The racial disparities among who is getting infected and who is dying from coronavirus continue to be a defining feature of the pandemic.

A new study from the Wall Street Journal shows that young people of color are dying from COVID-19 at drastically higher rates than white Americans – in large part due to lack of health care.¹

Our economy and health care system is failing people of color, particularly Black Americans, as well as poorer Americans. It’s unacceptable – and we all have a responsibility to understand and root out the racism in our systems and institutions that are driving these disparities. 

We’re hosting a live webinar tomorrow to discuss how we should go about addressing structural inequities worsened by COVID-19 to ensure economic, social, and racial justice. RSVP now to join us tomorrow, August 20, at 5pm PT/8pm ET.

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This webinar is part of a five-part public education series that breaks down the challenges caused by the pandemic, the underlying problems that have made these challenges worse, and what we can do to solve these problems. 

We’re working to not only educate our movement through these webinars, but we’re also taking to the streets this Saturday for a national Day of Action to demand accountability from our leaders. 

We know that under Medicare for All, everyone would have high-quality health care, free at the point of service. While we have far more work to do, this would be a major first step to alleviate our country’s massive racial health care gap.  

Join us tomorrow to learn more about the systemic factors that drive our country’s massive health care gap and the racial disparities in COVID-19 deaths. Together we can work to change our system towards equality.

We look forward to this crucial discussion with you. 

Jasmine Ruddy
Organizer
Nurses’ Campaign for Medicare for All

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1 - The Wall Street Journal