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How reforming our organ donation system can save Black lives
OPINION: Until inequities in the organ transplant system are addressed, too many Americans will die unnecessarily waiting for an organ transplant that never comes, and our community will continue to suffer. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio.
Dr Ebony Hilton Wants to Talk Herself Out of a Job
This transcript has been edited for clarity. Eric J. Topol, MD: Hello. This is Eric Topol for Medscape, with my co-host, Abraham Verghese, for our podcast, Medicine and the Machine. Today we're privileged to have Dr Ebony Hilton with us. She is an anesthesiologist and on the critical care medicine faculty of the University of Virginia. Dr Hilton comes from a town in South Carolina called Little Africa. She's one of three girls.
Save Communities of Color by Getting Vaccinated
Black and Brown Americans are dying of Covid-19 at roughly three times the rate of their white peers. Despite this tragic loss, many people of color, especially younger ones, aren't planning to get vaccinated. In a National Foundation for Infectious Disease poll, 41 percent of Black adults ages 18-44 said they wouldn't get a vaccine. Another 21 percent were undecided.
Save communities of color by getting vaccinated
EDITORIAL Black and Brown Americans are dying of Covid-19 at roughly three times the rate of their white peers. Despite this tragic loss, many people of color, especially younger ones, aren't planning to get vaccinated. In a National Foundation for Infectious Disease poll, 41 percent of Black adults ages 18-44 said they wouldn't get a vaccine. Another 21 percent were undecided.
Save communities of color by getting vaccinated
Black and Brown Americans are dying of COVID-19 at roughly three times the rate of their white peers. Despite this tragic loss, many people of color, especially younger ones, aren't planning to get vaccinated. In a National Foundation for Infectious Disease poll, 41 percent of Black adults ages 18-44 said they wouldn't get a vaccine. Another 21 percent were undecided.
My Take: Save communities of color by getting vaccinated
Dr. Ebony Hilton Black and brown Americans are dying of COVID-19 at roughly three times the rate of their white peers. Despite this tragic loss, many people of color, especially younger ones, aren't planning to get vaccinated. In a National Foundation for Infectious Disease poll, 41 percent of Black adults ages 18-44 said they wouldn't get a vaccine. Another 21 percent were undecided.
Opinion: Help dispel vaccine myths, especially in communities of color
Ebony Hilton, MD is a practicing physician at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and the medical director and co-founder of GoodStock Consulting, LLC. (HANDOUT) Black and brown Americans are dying of COVID-19 at roughly three times the rate of their white peers. Despite this tragic loss, many people of color, especially younger ones, aren’t planning to get vaccinated. In a National Foundation for Infectious Disease poll, 41% of Black adults ages 18-44 said they wouldn’t get a vaccine.
Robin Kelly and Ebony J. Hilton: The system is killing us: Why African Americans face a shockingly higher COVID-19 death rate
By Robin Kelly and Ebony J. Hilton Tribune News Service | Apr 12, 2020 | 4:00 PM As our nation continues struggling to address the COVID-19 pandemic, we are seeing a shocking trend in deaths among African Americans. According to reporting from ProPublica on April 3, African Americans accounted for just 15% of Americans in the 2010 census but represent 35% of COVID-19 diagnoses and 40% of COVID-19 deaths.
Commentary: The system is killing us: Why African Americans face a shockingly higher COVID-19 death rate
As our nation continues struggling to address the COVID-19 pandemic, we are seeing a shocking trend in deaths among African Americans. According to reporting from ProPublica on April 3, African Americans accounted for just 15% of Americans in the 2010 census but represent 35% of COVID-19 diagnoses and 40% of COVID-19 deaths. This dataset is based on just a handful of states and occurred weeks before the peak, meaning the numbers have likely gotten worse.
Commentary: The system is killing us: Why African Americans face a shockingly higher COVID-19 death rate
As our nation continues struggling to address the COVID-19 pandemic, we are seeing a shocking trend in deaths among African Americans. According to reporting from ProPublica on April 3, African Americans accounted for just 15% of Americans in the 2010 census but represent 35% of COVID-19 diagnoses and 40% of COVID-19 deaths. This dataset is based on just a handful of states and occurred weeks before the peak, meaning the numbers have likely gotten worse.
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