NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Racism is now formally a public well being disaster in New York Metropolis.
Monday, town’s Board of Well being handed a decision recognizing the impression of racism on folks’s well being in the course of the pandemic, which magnified inequities in communities of colour.
We should confront racism as a public well being disaster. The pandemic magnified inequities, resulting in struggling disproportionately borne by communities of colour. However these inequities aren’t inevitable. At this time is an historic day for the nation’s oldest Board of Well being. https://t.co/nsAJlUqixG
— Commissioner Dave A. Chokshi, MD (@NYCHealthCommr) October 18, 2021
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“We should confront racism as a public well being disaster. This pandemic magnified inequities, resulting in struggling disproportionately borne by communities of colour. However these inequities aren’t inevitable,” New York Metropolis Well being Commissioner Dave Chokshi wrote on Twitter.
The decision calls on town’s Division of Well being to seek out strategy to make adjustments as mandatory.
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The landmark decision goes into impact instantly.
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