Air pollution remained higher in minority communities during the pandemic, revealing persistent health disparities

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Overall, the pandemic took an uneven toll on minority communities, especially African Americans who had twice the risk of COVID-19 at the height of the pandemic, compared to white populations.

"This means that given all the impact the pandemic had on our way of life and on emissions, it couldn't undo these deeply rooted disparities," said Dr. Gaige Kerr, lead author of the study and a scientist in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at George Washington University.Although pollution levels decreased throughout urban areas during the pandemic, nitrogen dioxide levels were still elevated in primarily minority neighborhoods.

"Neighborhoods near highways and dense urban corridors are the areas at the greatest risk of high levels of exposure and adverse health effects," said Dr. Renee Crichlow, chief medical officer, Codman Square Health Center and vice-chair of health equity at Boston University Medical School. "It's going to take a lot of policy efforts to rethink the way that our emissions are distributed throughout the city equally and try to undo years and decades’ worth of environmental injustices."

 

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duh, bad conditions for everything have always been so in minority communities---many times on purpose

Since the start of civilization, the wealthy always had the choice of real estate. Then came socialism, and with the ideology of fixing that, managed to make most people poor, and its politicians and bureaucrats got the choice real estate.

Clearly you guys are out of touch with reality !

How do you define minority?

Just put the dam experimental vaccine in their arms and they’ll be fine. MedicalTyranny

IN EVERY PROBLEMS IS THE LESS PRIVILEGED PEOPLE WHO SUFFERED THE PROBLEMS,THOSE AIR POLLUTERS MUST FIND SOLUTION TO THE AIR POLLUTION

Urban planning is rife with systemic racism. It is literally built in.

They should quit burning down the towns

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Not shocking! Tell Us something we don't already know. With Delta, can assure will be worse. Unfortunately, nothing will be done about this disparity. Blacks, First Americans, and Latinos, should be renamed 'the Collateral Damaged' of the U.S.'s ills.

Fires can't still be prevented in Turkey

Glad to see ABC still using that race baiting divisive rhetoric; viruses don't know or see the person they are infecting - now that's science fact

If everything disproportionately affects you at some point it’s not everything else’s fault.

Finally. I've been waiting for such a long time for covid, BLM and climate change to be combined.

thanks

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