Just as the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted communities of color more profoundly, with higher infection and death rates than white communities, so too have lockdown measures designed to contain the virus.
April 7 (UPI) — Just as the COVID-19 pandemic has more profoundly impacted communities of color, with higher infection and death rates than White communities, so too have lockdown measures designed to contain the virus, an analysis published Wednesday by JAMA Network Open found. Low-income Black men were about three times as likely as high-income White men to experience «food insufficiency» and unemployment as a result of the pandemic and related lockdowns, the data showed. Similarly, low-income Black women had a 90% higher risk than high income White men for mental health problems caused by the pandemic and infection control measures. In addition, as states strengthened stay-at-home restrictions and closed businesses and schools to limit virus spread, the risk for food insufficiency and unemployment increased, particularly for people of color and those with low household incomes, according to the researchers.
