Covid-19 Is Pummeling Black Americans, and Parents Are Not Alright: 5 Important New Findings

A roundup of the coronavirus research we’re following

Drew Costley
Medium Coronavirus Blog
2 min readMay 22, 2020

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  • Black people get it worse: In April, I reported in Elemental that the coronavirus was disproportionately killing Black people in the United States. Less than two months later, the toll of Covid-19 on Black Americans is much worse. In New York City, previously the epicenter of the nation’s pandemic, Black people are five times as likely to develop Covid-19, according to a preprint…

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Drew Costley
Medium Coronavirus Blog

Drew Costley is a Staff Writer at FutureHuman covering the environment, health, science and tech. Previously @ SFGate, East Bay Express, USA Today, etc.