As the United States approaches nearly 200,000 deaths from the coronavirus pandemic, a new report this week provides additional evidence that black, Latino, and Native American families are most affected by the economic consequences of the epidemic.
Nearly part of American families in the country’s 4 largest cities reported serious monetary updoes amid the pandemic, according to a series of reports titled “The Impact of Coronavirus. “
NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Harvard TH The Chan School of Public Health conducted a series of five-part surveys in July and August of more than 3,400 adults in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Houston. finance, employment, care, housing, transportation, care and well-being amid the pandemic.
According to the survey, about 17% of families reported that they did not pay giant expenses or were delayed in the schedule to ensure that each and every one had enough to eat, 16% reported serious food disorders and 7% reported serious disorders they could not eat every day. .
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But while a minority of white families reported serious monetary problems, most black, Latino, and Native American families reported problems. Approximately 37% of Asian families and 36% of white families report facing serious monetary problems, 72% of Latino families, 60% of black families and 55% of Native American families.
“The physical condition and economic ramifications of COVID-19 continue to affect Black, Latino, and Native American families more,” Dr. Richard Besser, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, said in a statement. “This survey is the latest evidence that the ability to protect yourself or your circle of relatives from the pandemic is to a significant and unacceptable degree, which we decide through the color of your skin and how much cash you have. “
According to the survey, more than six out of ten Latin American families reported that an adult family member had lost their jobs, been put on leave, or had their wages reduced or hours since the epidemic began. black families and Native Americans said the same thing.
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A significant proportion of Latin American, black, and Native American families also reported that family members could not discharge medical care for serious disorders when they needed it, with negative consequences for physical fitness.
And when it comes to Internet connectivity issues, a portion of Native American families and more than 4 out of ten Latino and black families reported having serious disorders with their Internet connection to make their paintings or homemade paintings, or that they don’t have a fast internet connection at home.
Trends were consistent in all 4 cities; however, in New York and Los Angeles, Latino families reported the highest rates of serious monetary ups and conditions, while black families reported the highest rates of serious monetary ups disorders in Chicago and Houston.
More than a third of Latino families in New York City reported that they did not pay or delay the payment of giant expenses and serious food problems. In Los Angeles, 45% of Latin American families reported severe food problems.
In Chicago, nearly a third of black families reported serious food problems, about one-fifth of Latino families and only one in 20 white families.
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Houston had the highest rate of black families reporting serious monetary problems. In this city, 81% of black families reported serious monetary problems, 77% of Latino families and 34% of white families.
“Even before federal coronavirus relief systems expire, we located millions of other people with very serious financial, fitness and childcare disorders,” said Robert J. Blendon, co-director of research and professor. from the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. . “While we all need to be in the same boat, the effects show that the disorders are highly concentrated in the Latin American, black and Native American communities. “