Cook County Health recently unveiled The Change Institute, a think tank they say will bring the urgency and focus of the COVID-19 pandemic response to addressing these other health issues. LatinoVoicesWTTW
, a think tank they say will bring the urgency and focus of the COVID-19 pandemic response to addressing these other health issues.
“We went from having a disease that no one knew anything about to basically treating people with air and water, ventilators and hydration,” Rocha said. “In terms of medicine, it was lightning speed to go from not having a diagnosis to having a vaccine in hand that was able to help us mitigate the most severe impacts of COVID. That energy, that excitement, that ability — that we all came together because we knew that the disease affected us all — we want to keep that going.
“Somehow along the way that went from an understanding to a diagnosis and people started using social determinants to say that you were socially determined to do something,” Rocha said. “The Change Institute’s most important mission is to say that nobody is determined to have a bad outcome. It doesn’t matter your race, your ethnicity, what you look like where you live. Those should not be the factors to determine whether you live or die.
“We have advanced surgeries … that can help you live longer, but they’re not available to everyone because they’re often elective. If you don’t have the right insurance, they may not be accessible. We want to change that and make them available to everyone,” he said.
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