To all of those now asking:

“What can we do about the racial health inequities emerging amid COVID-19?”

I’m starting a list, right here, that I invite my colleagues to add to.

Because remember, solutions to racism are clear. What we have lacked is courage and political will.

— Rhea Boyd MD, MPH (@RheaBoydMD) June 18, 2020

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COVID-19 is disproportionately impacting Hispanic/Latino populations across the country. A thread.

To see the data, visit our COVID #RacialDataTracker at https://t.co/50v67gWavp.#CRDT #BeAntiracist #COVID #COVID19 #Coronavirus pic.twitter.com/4pc9VO3zzF

— Center for Antiracist Research (@AntiracismCtr) June 9, 2020

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In Vermont, those whom this state has categorized as Black or African American constitute just 1% of the total population and account for 10% of the total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state. To see more, visit our COVID #RacialDataTracker at https://t.co/50v67hdLmX.#CRDT pic.twitter.com/8RFIIEywJa

— Center for Antiracist Research (@AntiracismCtr) June 30, 2020

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1/ There’s been a lot on Twitter about how protests could spread coronavirus.

I recently talked to black protesters in DC. They KNOW about coronavirus. They especially know it’s killing black Americans at double the rate of others.

It’s part of why they’re out here (THREAD)

— Akilah Johnson (@akjohnson1922) June 6, 2020

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BREAKING NEWS: Toronto’s Board of Health just voted unanimously to recognize anti-Black racism as a public health crisis. https://t.co/YHwdifk6MN

— Francine Kopun (@KopunF) June 8, 2020

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I interviewed four teens who are working essential jobs during the pandemic to help support their families, all while keeping up with school, helping care for family members, participating in mutual aid, and trying to cope with isolation https://t.co/h6XWkHypLv

— Elizabeth King (@elizabotking) May 26, 2020

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Thank you, @RepKenyatta, for standing up for our essential workers.

Essential workers are our family members, our friends, and our neighbors.

I’m committed to ensuring the safety of all Pennsylvanians as we reopen our commonwealth. pic.twitter.com/tyAOoiv0uB

— Governor Tom Wolf (@GovernorTomWolf) May 26, 2020

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New study about country founded on ideas of democracy and the practice of slavery: “When intolerant white people fear democracy may benefit marginalized people, they abandon their commitment to democracy.” https://t.co/kMQJSyzFy4

— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) May 25, 2020

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New paper: “Viewership of Hannity relative to Tucker Carlson Tonight is strongly associated with a greater number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the early stages of the pandemic.” https://t.co/vShA56cD9T

— Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) April 20, 2020

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There is a treasure trove of research proving that Fox News is killing people and yet few people in power are calling for this corporation and it’s executives to be held directly accountable for their actions. Why? https://t.co/uxrPhKpCpK

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) May 25, 2020

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“Latino advocates say workers are also now experiencing racism due to fears they have contracted the virus in the workplace.” https://t.co/yhBVcJiwK6

— Carmen Rojas, PhD 🐜 (@crojasphd) May 25, 2020

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This is jarring because my enslaved ancestors were literally human capital stock. No matter what, they were always told to go back to work. This could be 1820. https://t.co/QewmHrigLL

— Ibram X. Kendi (@DrIbram) May 25, 2020

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Glad to see beloved, thoughtful Sweden—home to the Nobel Prize in medicine—coming to its senses to rethink its policies after having earned for several days the unenviable position of highest COVID death rate per capita in the world. Sigh. https://t.co/5pKnGpL3Ui

— Larry Brilliant MD, MPH (@larrybrilliant) May 25, 2020

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To know U.S. history is to know that mass death is normal in the U.S. The mass deaths of indigenous people, of captives, of soldiers, of migrants, of mothers—of the elderly, the sick, the oppressed, the poor, the infected. Death is a part of life. Mass death does not have to be.

— Ibram X. Kendi (@DrIbram) May 24, 2020

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NOPD gassing protestors w a chemical irritant that damages lungs, making ppl more vulnerable to COVID; provoking coughing, screaming, & spitting, which spreads COVID. It renders masks useless. New Orleans has been one of the hardest hit cities in the country by the pandemic. https://t.co/2tLQbWlezR

— Beck (@fictionalbeck) June 4, 2020

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.@realDonaldTrump is the anarchist! #VoteOutHate pic.twitter.com/XZAWSmd3Z2

— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) June 1, 2020

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The coronavirus transmission rate is climbing in L.A. County. Not because of protests, but because of reopenings.

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— Samantha Melbourneweaver (@SamanthaMVB) June 8, 2020

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Important gaslighting coming:

Protests will be blamed, but data shows that Coronavirus deaths were already up from reopeninghttps://t.co/rMwPjXXFzQ

They will certainly contribute, but facts matter, it was states reopening contrary to own policy that spiked it back

— Peter W. Singer (@peterwsinger) June 8, 2020

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Ahmaud Arbery’s death and the black Covid-19 morbidity crisis show how much African American lives are treated as expendable capital. https://t.co/Uz1W2XglwL

— Vox (@voxdotcom) June 6, 2020

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From the start, black communities begged for help to fight coronavirus.
Then, they watched governments send testing to white areas instead.
They heard health officials warn against making the covid crisis about race.
And then they watched neighbors die:https://t.co/YJUgYA0Vp2

— Robert Samuels (@newsbysamuels) June 3, 2020

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Sunday’s @nytimes front page. Incredibly powerful. Loss doesn’t even describe it. pic.twitter.com/WIqpbLMUv0

— Jada Yuan (@jadabird) May 23, 2020

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The story behind the list of coronavirus victims on Sunday’s Page One of @nytimes and the search for a way to capture the poignance of this moment. https://t.co/5MH5iGZVmV

— Tom Jolly (@TomJolly) May 23, 2020

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