The most vulnerable: COVID-19’s disproportionate toll on black, brown communities | Nightline

1. 2020 PBS study revealed 48% of all COVID cases had "no race" indicated. Empirical data was found lacking to conclude disproportionate impact. Maybe its true, but its not statistically verifiable based upon the data collected from 2020.

2. wait i thought 'They' black people couldnt get this?

   makes sense to how im seeing alot of black people with masks on latley 🤔

3. Maybe what we have been told our entire life that every race is the same and the only difference is skin color is just not true. When a virus comes out it can show races are actually different on a biological level and mental level. Some races are affected easier and also races behave different. I mean we do not look alike from hair, to eyes, noses, ect, so why would we only be different on the outside but not the inside.

   Actually many studies show we are different but whatever.

4. CDC report https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/

5. Fast Food to Blame should change them to fresh sea food. The Planet is mainly water fish is so healthy and can eat all sorts better than yuk pizza, Fried Chicken, Coke Cola

6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJETqeSYl70

7. I've recently found out that an old friend of my has contracted Covid-19 from his place of employment. What is particularly heinous about how he got infected with this disease; was the fact that a co-worker of his deliberately coughed in his face and again on his back. Then had the audacity to laugh as she walked away with her friend. Now he is laid up in the hospital fighting for his life with COVID-19 Pneumonia.

   We talk about how we are underserved, under represented and ignored by mainstream society; yet we go around trying to kill each without conscious or regret. How can we expect those outside of our community to care about us when we don't care about ourselves?

   This degenerate, who's first name is Andrea along with her best friend works in a post office located in Brooklyn, NY. If they could do this to their co-worker, what in the world are they doing to our mail? This madness has got to stop but it has to start at home. We have to start caring about ourselves before we can expect others to care about us.

   I'm going on every possible media outlet; in order to get the word out. This person, Andrea and her friend who works in a post office in Brooklyn, NY must be stopped and punished for their willful disregard for human life and humanity as a whole.

8. Cause they don't wanna stay in the crib and think this is a joke..I am tired of seeing black people always blaming other people for their stupidity and laziness..

9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nspxAG12Cpc

10. The virus is in the non-browning GMO potato, its designed to attach itself to your melanin BLACK people!! 👑

11. How can you say that blacks are being victimize because there poorer and have all these pre-existing conditions because of society. There are poore whites as well. The choose a different life style that maybe bodes leave them obese, eating a lot of sugar, or drinking. The one doctor said testing was more in the urban area's and that mean inner city blacks would have to take a bus or find a ride to get tested and the we need to basically bring the testing to the inner city. Are you kidding me. It's to much for someone to take a bus I've heard it all now. As long as we as a society allow this kind of crap and coddeling to go on those of color will find something in every situation to say they are be mistreated. WE DID NOT MAKE ANYONE SLAVES. I am sick and tired of paying for what happened many many years ago. Today's young community of color is so disrespectful, lazy, and feels that the US owes them a living. The reason more are dying is because they don't take care of them selves. Btw the country is on a shelter in place rule, but did you see when the Reverend was walking around how many people were on the streets just hanging out, walking around and talking with each other? How many of them were people of color? All the ones I seen were. Am I frustrated yes. I could go on and on, but it won't make a dang bit of difference will it? Nope.

12. I'm going there….there are certain groups that are more at-risk due to higher co morbidities, which unfortunately include older adults and certain minority groups. It's a sad reality but maybe this is the wakeup call that's needed to better take care of ourselves and adopt healthier lifestyles. Just saying…🤨

13. Covid is a God send…. GODSPEED COVID GODSPEED!!! covid is ACTUAL maga

    Post covid crime drops significantly, less government spending, no more garbage music blasting, damn sounds wonderful 🤣

14. The United States, with only 5% of the population of the planet, now has 20% of the COVID 19 deaths. It has more deaths than any other country on Earth.

    But I guess I’m anti-American for saying that or just want to promote discord among the nations.

15. Are you serious? Just yesterday I had to pick up a prescription. My pharmacy is in a grocery store. I wore gloves, face mask, and glasses as protection. In the store there were several groups of 2,3,4 adult blacks with bunches of children everywhere. Standing around in groups hugging, talking like nothing was going on. Very few masks, gloves or glasses and no respect for social distancing. The whites were shopping mostly alone, a few were with other people. There were no white children in the store. Probably 75% of the whites wore masks and/or gloves. See the problem??

16. The president shut down the entire country. Even in my area, where there is little impact of the virus. There are zero cases in my entire county. It is a tragedy for sure. There is one person to blame, and that is the Chinese Communist Party. That is where it started. That is how it got here. We are all hunkered down, praying.

17. Praying black folk get through this as we’ve done from slavery, reconstruction, Jim Crow and police brutality and extrajudicial killings now. Come through black people. Alpha must be Omega. 👌🏿

18. How come every time one of these Aid packages for United States citizens tries getting past, the Democrats load up the bill with laws that would take away or INFRINGE upon amy of our rights and freedoms? yet they'll freely hand out our tax money to illegal aliens no questions asked send money overseas for abortions but to help us out in the time of need they want to take our rights or second amendment rights away .
    these people are traitors to the constitution and need to be removed by any way necessary now they have proved they are Chinese weapons against the US Constitution and it's citizens

19. CCP steals islands and territory.
    CCP supplies fentanyl around the world.
    CCP created a synthetic virus with SARS characteristics that is killing people all over the world.
    CCP ordered the lab that first DNA sequenced the virus to be shut down and samples, data, and other documents to be destroyed.

    WHO was warned by Taiwan about human to human transmission weeks in advance. WHO ignored it.
    WHO told the world that there was no human to human transmission.
    WHO said travel bans were unnecessary and made every effort to praise China. A couple of days before this, the WHO Director met with Xi Jinping.
    WHO and China refuses to provide all known data and information about the virus.
    WHO is led by a Director who is not a real doctor and who was backed by China in his bid to be director.
    Xi Jinping's wife, a singer, is a goodwill ambassador for the WHO.

20. Why how are things different? ?human being s full stop.

21. The fact that we have structural violence in terms of race and minorities is true. But damn. Don’t make Covid—19 a social justice movement. Everyone, EVERYONE is having a hard time. We are all scared, and many are unemployed and unable to get food. The focus should be on all people who are chronically ill, elderly, and/or in poverty. It’s extremely arrogant to me to paint this as one race’s issue; it seems like ABC is glossing over a huge amount of issues contributing to the illness just to generate commentary and stay relevant.
    Rule in Statistics: Correlation doesn’t equal causation

22. We are hit the hardest when it's the chinese who spread the virus… So unfair! They should all get deported to where they from! America and our African American brothers won't suffer if the exclusion act continued until now!

23. I am trying to understand why the extreme pushback? Statistics are just numbers, they don’t care about skin color, nationality, creed or race. That being said, that African Americans, as a PERCENTAGE of the population are seeing higher mortality due to this virus is just stating the facts. Several factors contribute to this; food deserts and lack of adequate health care many African Americans contract diabetes. The nature of Covid-19 is the virus easily attaches to A.C.Enzymes which are considerably higher in diabetics. One of the reasons African Americans are more effected, others include inability to self quarantine due to lower wage service jobs that do not provide adequate health insurance or p.p.e., redlining that corrals and isolates the African American populace in large numbers, discrimination is application of health care, lack of financial safety nets due to lack of homeownership and a concerted effort by uninformed persons to say that Covid-19 won’t effect African Americans because of higher melanin content in our skin, and the list goes on. No one is saying that all African Americans are being effected or that other minority groups or even poor Caucasians living in these areas aren’t effected. Denying facts, I understand, just like those African American “truthers” is envouge nowadays, but can’t facts just be facts anymore with anyone seeing some shady, politicized scheme underneath? Because, regardless of the conspiracy theories, African Americans are still dying in unequal numbers, just as so many Asian, Native American, Latino American, immigrants and yes, even Caucasian Americans are dying due to this vicious illness.

24. Ugh so with news like this "If" its true or not will make anyone of color look like they could be carrying the virus!…This is sad as if the black community hasn't had enough stereotypes as it is….Now to have other community's look down their noses at the black community. Great job! Thank the news stations for making it a Black ppl problem! #idiot's

25. All these city's are run by democrats they are racist

26. To many uncle TOMS running around doing jobs thats meant for other people putting community and their own family at risk no wonder its attacking the black community they are money hungry

27. I want y'all to stop believing that fukin lie about 13% black population. That's purposely done to disenfranchise us. #1 All these kids with Black fathers #2 Every mid to major city has a Black side of town, a Black & hispanic side, & then Black folks spread out throughout the city. It's closer to 40% A LOT of " latinos" disrespect their Black heritage & don't claim it. Look at y'all jobs, how many Black folks around you? Look at the top 50 most populated cities in America & just off common sense come to your own conclusion

28. Can somebody tell me what is black or brown people ? Cause I’ve confused , so what are the color called , Lord have mercy on these so called your people.

29. It’s about cultural diversity. Black Americans, Mexican Americans and Italian Americans have one thing in common. Incredibly emotionally close families. When a family member is in need, the Calvary of family comes calling. Even during this news clip, you see people congregating, without masks, supporting one another emotionally. Good intentions, but bad outcomes. All three have disproportionately high death rates.

30. All i see is people hanging out talking to each. Smh We don't have to wonder why blacks are getting it smh i see that where i live some blacks believe they can't get it 😁and they will tell you that 😁

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