CDC to issue specific guidance to black communities disproportionately suffering from coronavirus.
Adams and Pence held a call with more than 400 leaders in the African American community earlier on Friday, including those who have been critical of the government response as numbers continue to show a higher death toll in black communities than in white communities, such as civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson andPresident Derrick Johnson.
MORE: Coronavirus is disproportionately killing the black community. Here's what experts say can be done about it Adams explained that many particularly impacted communities across the country have higher rates of health conditions that put them at higher risk, as well as social determinants -- fewer job opportunities that allow working from home, more densely packed living environments, and in some communities like Navajo nation, a lack of access to running water -- that make it harder to avoidSurgeon General Jerome Adams speaks, flanked by President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, during the...
"Social distancing and teleworking we know are critical. And you’ve heard Dr. [Deborah] Birx and Dr. [Anthony] Fauci talk about how they prevent the spread of coronavirus, yet only one in five African Americans and one in six Hispanics has a job that lets them work at home. They are more likely to live in multi-[generational] housing that creates high-risk for the spread of a highly contagious disease like COVID-19. We tell people to wash their hands.
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