Rashawn Ray featured in CBS Baltimore on Communities of Color disproportionally hit by COVID-19
Statistics show African Americans are disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus, and new research found certain pre-existing conditions may put them at higher risk.
Ava-joye Burnett, a general assignment reporter for CBS Baltimore, just published a news story on how black communities, especially in Baltimore, have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic because of the pre-existing disadvantaged conditions.
Faculty Associate Rashawn Ray told Burnett, on the issue of keeping social distance and work from home orders, "social distancing becomes a privilege, the whole thought of being six feet away, if you’re living in a Baltimore housing complex and all of a sudden you have to go to work, you’re going to pass 10 to 20 people presumably before you even leave your complex, so what that means is your exposure if high."