Library Services during COVID-19: Coronavirus & Race

Listed below are articles and resources pertaining to the COVID-19 Vaccine and the distribution of vaccines to black, asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) communities.

• KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor
• 'It's not a pretty picture': Why the lack of racial data around COVID vaccines is a 'massive barrier' to better distribution
  By Nada Hassanein. USA Today. February 1, 2021
• Early US data indicates Black, Hispanic lagging in COVID-19 Vaccinations. 
  Reuters. February 1, 2021
• Who's getting the COVID vaccination? Often, it's not those who might need it the most.
  By Erika Edwards. NBC News. February 1, 2021
• Disadvantage indices can help achieve equitable vaccine allocation
  By Harald Schmidt. STAT News. February 1, 2021
• Early state vaccination data raise warning flags for racial equity.
  By Ndugga, et al. Kaiser Family Foundation. January 2021
• Is it lawful and ethical to prioritize racial minorities for COVID-19 Vaccines? 
  By Schmidt, et al. JAMA. October 2020

Recent data show that communities of color are at much higher risk of being infected and dying from COVID-19. Social impacts to these communities may also differ. Here are recent articles and data on these important emerging topics:

• Puerto Rico, Still Reeling From Old Disasters, Is Slammed by Covid-19 (July 8, 2020)
  From NY Times, by Alejandra Rosa and Frances Robles, July 8, 2020. "Puerto Rico has taken one of the country’s hardest economic hits."
• Why Racism, Not Race, Is a Risk Factor for Dying of COVID-19 (June 12, 2020) 
  By Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, June 12, 2020
• American Indian Tribes tribes thwarted in efforts to get coronavirus data (June 11) 
  By Darius Tahir and Adam Cancryn, Politico, June 11, 2020
• The Direct Result of Racism: Covid-19 lays bare how discrimination drives health disparities among Black people (June 9, 2020) 
  By Meghana Keshavan, Stat News.com, June 9, 2020

• Address "appalling impact" of COVID-19 on minorities, UN rights chief urges (June 2)

• NPR: What Do Coronavirus Racial Disparities Look Like State By State? (May 30)

• New analysis quantifies risk of COVID-19 to racial, ethnic minorities (May 19)

• Navajo Nation surpasses New York for highest Covid-19 infection rate in the US (May 18) 
  By Hollie Silverman, et al., CNN, May 18, 2020

• CNN: Understanding Why Latinos are so hard hit by Covid-19 (May 18)

• AMA: Why COVID-19 is decimating some Native American communities (May 13)

• AARP: Blacks and Hispanics Hit Harder by the Coronavirus, Early US Data Show (May 8)

• AARP: Las personas afroamericanas y los hispanos están siendo más afectados por el coronavirus (8 mayo)

• Evidence mounts on the disproportionate effect of COVID-19 on ethnic minorities (May 8) 
  By Tony Kirby, The Lancet, May 8, 2020
• Navajo Nation residents face coronavirus without running water (May 8)
  By Grace Baek, CBS News, May 8, 2020
• Puerto Rico tops 2000 coronavirus cases, 100 deaths amid gradual reopening (May 7) 
  By Jim Wyss, Miami Herald, May 7, 2020
• The incomplete coronavirus map — US territories left behind (April 15) 
  By Gretchen Sierra-Zorita, The Hill, April 15, 2020.
• Stop Blaming Black People for Dying of the Coronavirus: New data from 29 states confirm the extent of the racial disparities (April 14) 
• Puerto Rico extends lockdown to May to fight COVID-19 (April 11) 
  By Danica Coto, ABC News, April 11, 2020
• Four reasons coronavirus is hitting Black communities so hard (April 10)
  By Eugene Scott, Washington Post, April 10, 2020.
• Hispanic Community in NYC ‘Disproportionately’ Impacted by COVID-19 (April 8) 
  NBC New York Channel 4, April 8, 2020. Includes data showing Latinos have had the highest death rates in New York City, outpacing all other people of color and whites.
• NYC Hispanics and Blacks dying of COVID-19 at twice the rate of whites, Asians (April 8) 
  By Yoav Gonen, Ann Choi and Josefa Velasquez, The City , NYC, April 8, 2020. Includes data indicating Latinos dying at the highest rates in NYC; also includes data by NYC boroughs.
• It's a racial justice issue: Black Americans are dying at greater numbers from COVID-19 (April 8)
  By Kenya Evelyn, The Guardian, April 8, 2020
• Hospitalization rates and Characteristics of Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19: 14 States, March 1–30, 2020 (April 8) 
  By Shikha Garg, MD, et al. CDC, April 8, 2020. Dense report from the CDC analyzes data from 14 states from March 1-30; among those who were hospitalized during this period, findings suggest men and Blacks might be disproportionately impacted,.
• The coronavirus is infecting and killing Black Americans at an alarmingly high rate (April 7) 
  By Reis Thebault, Andrew Ba Tran, & Vanessa Williams. Washington Post, April 7, 2020. Includes data from 9 US states/cities.
• Indian Country, where residents suffer disproportionately from disease, is bracing for coronavirus (April 4) 
  By Dana Hedgpeth, Darryl Fears & Gregory Scruggs. Washington Post, April 4, 2020
• Indian country faces higher risks, lack of resources in COVID-19 fight (April 3) 
  By Stephanie Ebbs & Cheyenne Haslett, ABC News, April 3, 2020
• The risk to Native American nations from COVID-19 (April 9) 
  By Kent Sepkowitz, CNN, April 9, 2020. Includes Navajo Nation data.
• What the racial data show: The pandemic seems to be hitting people of color the hardest 
  By Ibram X. Kendi, The Atlantic, April 6, 2020
• Why are Blacks dying at higher rates from COVID-19? 
  By Rashawn Ray, Brookings Institution, April 9, 2020. Includes data from four states.
• Why Don’t We Know Who the Coronavirus Victims Are? 
  By Ibram X. Kendi, The Atlantic, April 1, 2020
• Why Misinformation And Distrust Are Making COVID-19 More Dangerous For Black America
  By Jason Breslow, National Public Radio, April 10, 2020

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