Why Black Americans Are At Higher Risk For Coronavirus

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Tue, 04/07/2020 - 10:24am

Black Americans have more existing medical issues, less access to health care, and are more likely to work in unstable jobs -- all factors that have made the coronavirus pandemic disproportionately hurt blacks more.

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