British Columbia provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry speaks during a news conference in Vancouver on March 18, 2020.An official survey shows the tumult created in B.C. by the novel coronavirus has hurt racialized people the most, with more than one in five Latin American, West Asian and Black respondents reporting job losses due to the pandemic.
The provincial average for losing a job due to the pandemic was 15.5 per cent, according to the survey. Only white respondents reported recent unemployment at below that rate, 14 per cent. People of every other ethnicity reported rates above the provincial average, with the highest affecting Latin American people at 22.6 per cent, West Asian or Arabic people , and Black people .
Japanese, multi-ethnic and Korean respondents were the most likely to report difficulty accessing health care. On the other hand, Latin American, Southeast Asian and Black respondents were the most likely to report feeling more connected to family since the province began its state of emergency in March.
'Government lockdowns, and the economic disaster that followed, impacts those most vulnerable.' Fixed it for you
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Corona virus event is not what we've been told it is. Watch Glenn Beck video. We've been scammed. This is about central banks and a financial reset.
Can't read the article, but... melanin count impact vitamin D Vitamin D impacts Covid-19 (btw, what the heck is a 'racialized person'?)
Will there be an honest investigation or will it be blamed on ‘racism’? Yeah, we all know the answer...
Are you saying China bio-engineered that virus to go after BIPOC?
What is a racialized person? Is that like being baptized?
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