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COVID-19 is hitting black and poor communities the hardest, underscoring fault lines in access and care for those on margins

  • Written by Grace A. Noppert, Postdoctoral Scholar in Epidemiology, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
COVID-19 is hitting black and poor communities the hardest, underscoring fault lines in access and care for those on marginsNurse Shelia Rickman participates in an after-shift demonstration on Monday, April 6, 2020, in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood, after media reports of disproportionate numbers of black people dying from COVID-19 in the city. AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast

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