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Nurses' aides in nursing homes without the protective
equipment or training they needed
to be safe and secure. Individuals who have jobs that were considered
essential jobs, they're stocking
grocery shelves and helping to pick up trash
in communities and sweep the streets. While many affluent Americans worked on computers at home, low-paid essential workers, many without masks
and the ability to distance, were jammed
into sites of contagion like delivery depots,
industrial farms, factories, funeral homes,
and meatpacking plants. If the impact of the disease
was divided by occupation, it was also sundered
by age and race. My grandmother used to say, "You know, when the country
gets the flu, black people get pneumonia." It's well-known in our circles
that we have worse outcomes when it comes to a lot
of these different diseases, you know, and part of that
is systemic racism
equipment or training they needed
to be safe and secure. Individuals who have jobs that were considered
essential jobs, they're stocking
grocery shelves and helping to pick up trash
in communities and sweep the streets. While many affluent Americans worked on computers at home, low-paid essential workers, many without masks
and the ability to distance, were jammed
into sites of contagion like delivery depots,
industrial farms, factories, funeral homes,
and meatpacking plants. If the impact of the disease
was divided by occupation, it was also sundered
by age and race. My grandmother used to say, "You know, when the country
gets the flu, black people get pneumonia." It's well-known in our circles
that we have worse outcomes when it comes to a lot
of these different diseases, you know, and part of that
is systemic racism
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Nurses' aides in nursing homes
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without the protective
equipment or training
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they needed
to be safe and secure.
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Individuals who have jobs
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that were considered
essential jobs,
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they're stocking
grocery shelves
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and helping to pick up trash
in communities
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and sweep the streets.
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While many affluent Americans
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worked on computers at home,
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low-paid essential workers,
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many without masks
and the ability to distance,
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were jammed
into sites of contagion
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like delivery depots,
industrial farms, factories,
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funeral homes,
and meatpacking plants.
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If the impact of the disease
was divided by occupation,
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it was also sundered
by age and race.
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My grandmother used to say,
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"You know, when the country
gets the flu,
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black people get pneumonia."
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It's well-known in our circles
that we have worse outcomes
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when it comes to a lot
of these different diseases,
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you know, and part of that
is systemic racism.
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Movie Summary
An in-depth look at how the United States government handled the response to the COVID-19 outbreak during the early months of the pandemic.
