Posted on 06/07/2020 8:57:43 PM PDT by gopno1
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
In a letter to the community Friday, Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services Director Stephanie Browning called systemic racism a public health emergency.
"Systemic racism disproportionately affects the stress and burden of illness experienced by Black, Indigenous, Latinx and other people of color," Browning wrote. "These minority groups are more likely to experience higher rates of diabetes, heart disease and obesity."
Browning said the health disparities are apparent during the COVID-19 pandemic across the country.
"In Boone County we are also seeing this trend," Browning said. "As of June 4, 28.4% of our COVID-19 cases were Black individuals, despite making up only 9% of our county population."
The letter also condemned racism, saying that the health department "stands against the hatred, racism and violence that is inflicted on our communities of color."
Browning said that the department will continue to advocate for policy change.
"Our work is not done until everyone is safe, everyone has their basic needs met, everyone is healthy, and everyone has access to achieve their full potential," she said.
The letter went on to remind residents that COVID-19 is still a concern in the community amid ongoing protests.
"It’s important to remember that the risk of COVID-19 is still prevalent within our community and we want to protect the residents participating in these activities," Browning said. "People should not have to choose between their demands for justice and their health."
The department provided some ways people can try to keep the virus from spreading:
Stay home if you're sickMaintain six feet of distance from other peopleWear a mask if you can't keep distance because shouting generates more dropletsAvoid touch objects others have touchedFrequently use hand sanitizerMonitor for COVID-19 symptoms if participating in protestsMinimize contact with others if you feel you may have been exposed to the virus
According to the health department's website, symptoms for COVID-19 can include fever, cough and breathing trouble.
Tucker had numbers on Friday... something like 11 unarmed black men were shot and killed by the police in the United States ... ALL OF LAST YEAR.
And black men who killed black men? It was in the thousands.
Larry Elder tears this guy a new one. Fun to watch.
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Wouldn’t have anything to do with a certain segment of the population not following recommended best practices like not gathering by the hundreds and scrabbling over the same booty? Nope. Must be racism.
Yeah, why haven’t we heard from these “experts” before all this?
I mean did “systemic racism “just pop in out of thin air..?
Liberalism truly is a mental disorder what an embarrassment
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the numbers were:
Unarmed Black people killed by police = 9
(all but two were justifiable self defense by the police- son in reality, only 2 unarmed black men were killed unjustifiably by police)
White unarmed people killed by police = 19
Police killed be perps last year of all races = 54 (I believe it was)
We have been ill-served by our public health officials of late.
...and they’re paid quite handsomely.
Please give me ONE example of Systemic Racism that is not an issue of Socioeconomic differences that can affect people of any skin color.
With all the bullshit they’ve been putting out lately, they never want to be believed again.
Right up there now with Climate Change, and Guns.
politics, not science.
Okay then, how much will the racism bailout cost the working class?
These people are idiots. Unfortunately idiots end up in highy public policy positions and elective office.
It sounds like our mantra is going to be systemic racism. There is systemic racism in police departments, Healthcare, education, the job market, the housing market, where retail stores are located, and I’m sure other areas of life I can’t think of off the top of my head right now.
So get ready to hear about systemic racism in the months ahead attributable to many areas of life.
Perhaps we will be told that Donald Trump is somehow emblematic of systemic racism.
I agree.
When will they address the blatant and rampant black and latino racism in America?
“Latinx”...OK, so does that make me a Caucasinx?
So why isn’t she treating these people? Is she inept? Can’t work out a budget? Perhaps promoted because of her race or gender and not credentials?
I wish one of these people would give an example of “systemic racism”...there are plenty examples of overt individual racism and I’m sure there is a lot of covert racism (the worst kind). But what is systemic racism that is institutionalized and ignored by the myriad number of anti-racism laws on the books?
Pathetic! America is likely one of the least racist nations on the planet. What a bunch of divisive turds. This is how they want to break down more people’s lives. They are communists pukes.
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