Thread by @monicacbell, Feels messy to post here, but my estranged father died from #COVID19 [...]

Feels messy to post here, but my estranged father died from #COVID19 on April 1st. My hometown paper just published this piece on racial disparity in #coronavirus deaths in South Carolina that features his story. I don't have a unique hot take on this

https://www.independentmail.com/story/news/local/south-carolina/2020/04/10/coronavirus-sc-maestro-anderson-among-black-people-dying/5127394002/?fbclid=IwAR2HVn27YAVQE5xRBgYuuBaPIsdHizj2yduStgZlEyET03PF1rTE0D7_xUQ

'The Maestro' of Anderson is among black people dying disproportionately of the coronavirus

Another man who had COVID-19 had a body temperature of 109 degrees after he died, according to the Anderson County coroner.

But I should note, as many others have, that his and other Black folks' deaths are not attributable to drugs, alcohol, or any of the vices the @Surgeon_General suggested we should "step up" and avoid for "Big Mama."

Would be more valuable to see leaders "step up" and push for a New Deal for Public Health, as envisioned by @akapczynski and @gregggonsalves in this powerful piece... http://bostonreview.net/class-inequality-science-nature/amy-kapczynski-gregg-gonsalves-alone-against-virus

To Combat Coronavirus, We Must Rebuild the Social Safety Net

Decades of neoliberal austerity will make it harder to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, more than ever, we must rebuild our social safety net and forge a New Deal for public health.

http://bostonreview.net/class-inequality-science-nature/amy-kapczynski-gregg-gonsalves-alone-against-virus

Diabetes, a comorbidity in my father's case, does not justify unequal #COVID19 death. As @CourtneyBoen tweeted yday, racism is the ultimate reason for racial disparities in health. Thx to Veronica Parker @Clemson_Nurse (quoted in article) for her work on this in SC.

(Side note: I have to confess that I *did* actually call my grandmother "Big Mama." Many ppl are saying they've never heard of such. I'm guessing it's more a Southern thing than a Black thing?

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