China News Service, April 14 (CBS), Mayor Lauri Lightfoot of Chicago, USA, said on the 12th that in Chicago, African-Americans accounted for up to 72% of deaths in the city's new coronary pneumonia However, its population accounts for only 30% of the city ’s population. She said the virus is "destroying" the black community.
On the 7th, she also expressed "shock" at the number of deaths in Chicago. Data show that the mortality rate of infected African Americans is several times that of whites.
On April 12, local time, two citizens wearing masks walked past the American flag light box in Times Square, New York. China News Agency reporter Liao Panshe
Similarly, in New Orleans, Louisiana, African Americans accounted for only 29%, but the city ’s death toll accounted for 70%.
In Cook County Prison in Chicago, blacks also account for the vast majority. The prison is one of the worst outbreaks of collective infection in the United States. According to reports, more than 400 prisoners and staff in the prison were infected with the new coronavirus.
Linda Rae Murry, a professor of public health at the University of Illinois, said: "The new coronavirus exposes already existing problems. The proportion of African Americans with diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease is already higher than other People are taller and therefore (in the face of viruses) more vulnerable. "
In addition, there are reports that the infection and mortality rate of the new coronavirus is closely related to people's education level and the environment they live in. For example, whether the area where you live is densely populated, where you work, whether you have enough ability to go to a doctor, and whether there is a fully equipped hospital nearby.
The report pointed out that in all these aspects, the average condition of whites is better than blacks. This also means that there are more white people working at home, and black people have more contact with other people.
Patrice Harris, president of the American Medical Association, said: "So for the people, the main thing now is to provide as much information as possible: social workers, members of Congress, influential church communities, and even clubs should help. "This is absolutely necessary," Harris said: "But we must also ensure that virus testing can continue in these communities."
Lightfoot also said that she had ordered all testers and testing hospitals in the city to provide demographic information for testing at the beginning of the outbreak to understand the infection in the black community. The city also formed a rapid response team for racial equality to ensure the safety of black communities.