Detroit has seen more deaths than larger cities like Los Angeles and Chicago, and some Detroiters say the city’s history makes the crisis feel more personal — and its consequences more severe.
Many Detroiters have large interconnected networks built through families, churches and schools. So when someone dies, the impact can be felt across the city, Keith said."It's very personally jarring."Emily Elconin / Reuters
He worries especially about the city's most vulnerable residents, those who hadn't yet seen much benefit from the economic turnaround.
"I'm confident that on the other side of this crisis, there will be lessons and experiences that hopefully we learn from and we'll be better people for it," he said. Public health leaders say lower-income people of color, like many residents of Detroit and of other cities seeing high rates of infections, such as, are often disproportionately affected by health and social threats. In Michigan, African Americans comprise just 14 percent of the state's population but accounted for 35 percent of coronavirus infections and 40 percent of deaths, according to data the state released for the first time on Thursday.
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