AFRICAN AMERICANS/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “So this disease is not only tearing through the nation, devastating families, wrecking the economy, it’s magnifying and exacerbating some of the worst systematic inequities exist. Counties with majority Black populations have COVID infections three times higher than majority white counties. Death rates nearly six times higher… People of color are less likely to have access to healthcare and health insurance. Therefore, they’re less likely to go in for preventative efforts. They’re less likely to have had treatment for underlying conditions that make them much more vulnerable to the virus now.”
-Joe Biden as quoted by Rev, “Transcript: Joe Biden Virtual Roundtable with African American Florida Representatives,” rev.com, May 7, 2020