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A WGVU initiative in partnership with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation using on-air programs and community events to explore issues of inclusion and equity.

Explaining why racial disparities are happening in COVID-19 deaths

COVID19 drive through testing
(Photo by Ken Morris/Courtesy of Meharry Medical College

In Michigan, Black people make up over a third of all COVID-19 cases, according to data the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, in an interview with executive director from the National Black Justice Coalition we discuss why these disparities are showing up in our communities today.