poll conducted by the de Beaumont Foundation found that 1 in 3 African Americans know someone close to them who died of COVID-19, illustrating the disproportionate impact the novel coronavirus is having on communities of color in the United States.The poll, which was released on Nov.
30, not only highlights the disparity between African Americans and their experiences with COVID-19 in their communities compared to the rest of the U.S., but how the rhetoric being used by local and federal officials is “missing the mark – and failing to motivate millions of Americans to get behind life-saving public health precautions,” according to the foundation.The poll found that the language and politics surrounding how the public views the pandemic is.