Or you could blame Cuomo & Newsome for not having their states prepared. It’s well established that Cuomo had an opp. to buy 16,000 ventilators several years ago but didn’t. With that said; instead of pointing fingers at whatever your favorite targets are how about we recognize no country in this damn world was…

Yes, I think it was either on 60 Minutes Australia or a segment on DW.com (in English) where a world-renowned Hong Kong epidemiologist said he noticed obese people are similarly susceptible to Covid-19 as older folks which may explain why so many “younger” Americans are succumbing to this horrible virus. So truly…

I teach eighth grade...part of my job is to see that the kids wear helmets if they ride a bike or a skateboard to school. None do until I confiscate their bikes and boards if they don’t. Number one breakfast food? Flaming Hot Cheetos. I could fill a 30 gallon trash can twice every school day with the fruit and vegetabl…

I twitch at the racial cynicism in The Dude’s comment, but we do spend a lot of time portraying self-care, health conscious eating, outdoor exercise, fitness classes, vegetarianism, etc as yuppie, “white people”, “gentrifier”, etc things to now be saying that young white people are no more interested in those…

Young white people are no different in this respect.

Being a vegetarian AND an educator, I can tell you that most young (black) people don’t give a fuck about their health, medical insurance or eating healthy food. 

Ideally, they’d record both. We need to know that people die younger because they are Black, and how much younger. We need to know how big is the problem we’ve created and allowed to fester.

I wonder if they can stop using colors but using cause of death, like if all of these victims have health issues? Have weight issues or diabetes? Smokers? Lung issues? Anything related to health and NOT skin color. They need to categorize based on health condition and not skin color.

This article is right on the mark. Way too many everyday people getting hurt in this.

I love how you pose this question as a “HA GOT YA, BET YOU DON’T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER TO THIS”. In this case, the easiest answer is...UHC.  In general? How about livable wages? How about a reformation of policing strategy, and the prison system in general? I could go on, but these ideas aren’t new, and folks of every…

It wouldn’t solve everything, but most things would be dramatically improved if people were paid a living wage. Back in the beaver cleaver era, people were paid much more than they are now. 

A Canadian friend told me that 1000 Canadian health care workers cross the border every day from Ontario into Detroit. Now that Trump won’t even allow 3M to send masks across the border Trudeau is considering retaliation. As well he should. Unfortunately, as usual, the burden will fall upon the poorest in this…

America used to be a peaceful country, till whites committed genocide to take it over.

I’m Black and a 26 year old man, and I am at home, under ‘self quarantine’ directions given from by the doctor in MS... I’m better, but still... the thought that I could die at any moment is no laughing matter. 

Given that everyone dies at exactly once, and that everyone dies of one cause (at least officially), I don’t worry so much that Black people die of one thing or another at a higher rate than white people. I care that they die younger than white people of every cause you can think of. Statistically, Black people get…

Exactly this. 

I’ll add workplace conditions are a factor as well. Doctors, nurses, EMT’s, orderly’s, maintenance workers, sanitation workers, grocery employees, USPS, utility workers, call center workers, nursing home aides, fast food workers, restaurant owners, cops, prison guards. Many black Americans are doing work that is…

Tye Tribbet and the whole GREATER ANNOINTING praise team!!

So he had Marcia and Tye Tribbett singing background???  Or should I say Blackground?  

Genetics, unfortunately. Of course, the same code giving him unusually resilient arteries is also giving him dementia, so there’s that.