Inside the fight to declare racism a public health crisis in Ohio

Name: Inside the fight to declare racism a public health crisis in Ohio
Uploaded: 2020-06-24T15:01:13+00:00
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Description: Black Americans are twice as likely as other groups to die of COVID-19. Even before they pandemic, they faced higher levels of heart disease, stroke and

Video Credit: WCPO Cincinnati - Duration: 06:46s - Published on June 24, 2020

Inside the fight to declare racism a public health crisis in Ohio

Black Americans are twice as likely as other groups to die of COVID-19.

Even before they pandemic, they faced higher levels of heart disease, stroke and maternal mortality; publicly documented cases have found doctors failing to trust Black patients' descriptions of their own symptoms. What would it mean for Ohio to recognize racism as a public health crisis?

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