Covid-19 and Racism

I'm cutting and pasting this from the UNE COM COMpass newsletter:

​UNE COM Alumnus Compares COVID-19 and Racism
Datcha Dorvil, D.O. ’08, MPH is a pediatrician on the Navajo Nation in Arizona. She recently reflected on the similarities between her experience with racism, and working with patients with COVID-19. Below is an excerpt from that reflection:

​I have noticed some similarities with dealing with COVID-19 and racism.
Both are highly contagious.
Both are stifling and oppressive.
Both can be silent killers.
Both magnify/highlight health disparities /inequities in this country.
Both cause physical and mental destruction.
Both cause social distancing.
Both isolate.
Both have a negative impact on society and the economy.
Victims do not think it could happen to them.
Victims may cry or whisper out “I can’t breathe!”
Victims can be impacted by both at the same time!
You can have it and not know it but SPREAD IT AND INFECT OTHERS!
Both are not going anywhere soon but we must take the proper precautions to combat and prevent.