COVID-19 is disproportionally killing Black children in America, and it's our fault
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ABC News obtained an internal memo from the Federal Emergency Management Agency that shows non-white American children who contract COVID-19 are dying at a higher rate than white American children. «Nationwide, the number of COVID-19 cases among peoplCOVID-19 is disproportionally killing Black children in America, and it's our fault
ABC News obtained an internal memo from the Federal Emergency Management Agency that shows non-white American children who contract COVID-19 are dying at a higher rate than white American children. «Nationwide, the number of COVID-19 cases among people under the age of 18 from March 1 to Aug. 3 were 40% Hispanic, 34% white and 19% Black. The ethnicity breakdown of those patients who died from the disease is 38% Hispanic, 34% Black and 25% white, according to the memo.» The numbers also show that boys are more likely to die than girls, and by roughly a 2-to-1 margin. Read more