COVID-19 in Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups: Coronavirus has broken all the borders of caste, religion, form, country, and language and has made every people its victim all over the world.
But, if we look at the people infected with Coronavirus, then it seems that this virus is also making racist discrimination. Because many kinds of inequalities have been seen among its victims., these include differences in race and ethnicity.
In Chicago, 72 percent of the people who died of corona in early April 2020 were black Americans. Similarly, 40 percent of whites in Georgia died of Coronavirus by 17 April 2020.
Whites constitute 58 percent of Georgia’s total population. Of the initial 2,249 corona-infected people in Britain, 35 percent were black. According to the latest census, this figure is more than the ratio of the total population of black people in England and Welsh.
These figures are not surprising in the manner in which there has always been a level playing field for the health of people.
COVID-19 in Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups: Why are ethnic minorities more vulnerable to Coronavirus?
The only difference is that this epidemic has exposed the dirty picture of racism in health services. People of other races have very little access to economic resources in countries with fair-skinned populations.
Transpire it good jobs or private businesses. This inequality has a direct effect on people’s health. A large section of the population is still bereft of good food throughout the day.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, there was about 91 percent of black families in South Africa, who were feared starvation. In comparison, only 1.3 percent of South African white families were feared to be malnourished.
Even in Canada, even before COVID-19, the families of 48 percent of the original inhabitants did not have sufficient food resources.
The condition worsened after the epidemic. In the United States, before the pandemic, blacks’ families were twice as likely to suffer from food insecurity than whites in 2018.
Not every fifth American black family had enough food. Things became worse after the epidemic. There are many severe consequences of eating and drinking and not having enough nutrients.
Because, when all the nutrients will not reach the body, then weakness will come. And they can easily fall prey to any disease. For example, Americans of African descent have more complaints of sugar, heart disease, and hypertension than whites in America.
Due to this their lungs and immunity are weakened. COVID-19 will affect those whose health is already corrupted, more quickly. There are two counts of being malnourished by a part of the population. Firstly, they will be more victims of the COVID-19 epidemic.
And second is that they will also have to face serious economic consequences. A guess According to lockdown, there will be a reduction of 45% in the income of low-income families by 10%.
Workers who work without any social security shield will have an even more significant impact on them. Many economic experts are not in favor of increasing lockdown. He says that even in lockdown, there is such a large population who are working from home, and their expenses are going on.
There are many people who do not do any work even throughout the year; even then, they can fulfill all the necessities of life. But a substantial population is of such people, for whom it is difficult to get food for one time without working.
Economic inequality is not the only challenge for the poor, blacks, people of Asian descent, and other ethnic minorities in every country, which makes them two to four.
Instead, the geographical location of such areas in which people live is also a challenge for them. Poor, laborer people often live in areas where the air is not good. Clean cleaning facilities are not available.
For example, most workers and daily wage workers often live in small spaces with larger families, on the side of the highway, or around the garbage house.
Or live on the outskirts of the city. These areas often do not come under the ambit of government development schemes. That is why the standard of living of people here is not good.
A large population of poor laborers lives in places where construction work is going on day and night. Or they live life around factories. This is the reason why people living here often have respiratory diseases. That is why the chances of being a victim of COVID-19 are more.
There is also a severe disparity in the availability of health services. For example, whites and Americans of Asian descent are more likely to have health insurance protection in the United States than in African-origin and Hispanic or Latin American countries.
Racial discrimination plays a significant role in the hospital, even during treatment. For example, medical staff, such as nurses in American hospitals, also like to talk less to Americans of African descent.
A 2016 study showed that medical science students in the US were more likely to think that blacks experience less pain than whites. Now, when there is discrimination in the thinking of the treating person, then economic and educational inequalities have a more profound effect there.
This is the reason why in America, black American people do not get better treatment than whites.
Zero-risk professions all over the world Mostly there are people who belong to the lower caste, or they belong to the weaker sections of society.
In London, for example, 26.4 percent of people in the transport profession are Asian, Black people, or other weaker sections of society. Color is also a big reason for getting employment.
Those who are not of good complexion, a large number of unemployed people then they are forced to work for less money. If this is not done, then they work to deliver food to the people. Due to this the expense of the day is raised, but they are never able to secure their future tomorrow.
People often migrate from Latin America to work in the United States. The way they work in the fields, neither social distancing can be followed, nor are they given any healthcare.
Agricultural laborers in America have a high probability of getting sugar disease. Also, due to being between pesticides, their immunity also weakens. Overall, in the absence of health services, such people face the most trouble if they are a victim of any disease.
From the tribal people of America to the wandering Rohingya, all the poor people live in flocks all over the world.
Where any infection can spread quickly, the disease of an epidemic like COVID-19 is expected to spread even more rapidly. These people have no place to live in isolation. Also, neither do they have soap money nor clean water available to wash hands repeatedly.
All the families of Bangladeshi, Chinese, and Indian origin live in Britain, and the number of elderly and children is more. People of this age can get coronavirus infections very quickly. Due to the Coronavirus crisis, slums are being demolished in Durban and other big cities of South Africa.
Such a large number of destitute people have come on the streets. Among these people, a large population is black people. It is important to remember here that the difference in living is not just because of income inequality.
Instead, it is a deliberate separation based on color, race, and caste for years.
Apart from this, during the crisis of Coronavirus, some groups are being targeted on the basis of their religion. As it is being said in India Muslims are spitting fruits on vegetables to spread corona.
Many people do not abstain from calling them Corona Jihadis. Similarly, the rumor is being spread in America that black people have the ability to fight the coronavirus.
Black people are also behind in the matter of wearing masks. They are being compared to criminals for wearing masks. In the US, Americans of Asian descent, especially women, are being targeted. They are spitting on them.
There are people who speak many different languages in every country. But, in most states, guidelines to avoid COVID-19 are usually issued in English only, Which is difficult for everyone to understand.
Even the less educated people are not able to understand the doctor’s language easily. It is difficult for the people of the village countryside to understand the idea of social distancing. This is also a form of discrimination.
Those who are deprived of treatment or may become ill due to fewer resources. It is the responsibility of the government to give them health care. Those living in poor settlements and refugee camps should be provided with clean water, soap, and masks.
Voluntary organizations can also play a significant role in this. People should be given supplements that increase immunity. It is our responsibility to help the poor by considering them as an essential part of our own society.
If this is not done, more people will die from the Coronavirus than they will die from poverty, hunger, and discriminatory treatment of money people.
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