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So many Black folk have been turned away from getting treatment for COVID-19 symptoms... #thread
"By the time Rana Zoe Mungin called 911 on March 19, she could hardly breathe [...] Days earlier, she had gone to urgent care, worried she had signs of COVID-19, but the clinic was short on tests and treated her for an asthma attack instead." https://theappeal.org/black-women-coronavirus-healthcare/
"Keith says his father should still be alive, but was turned away from receiving care and testing at Beaumont Grosse Pointe, Detroit Receiving and Henry Ford hospitals over the course of three days." https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/man-says-dad-was-turned-away-by-3-hospitals-while-sick-with-covid-19-then-died-at-home
"Her daughter, Kaila marked in a calendar the days her mom went to ER. She says her mom was sent home four times - with cough medicine and told to rest. Each time, the fever got higher and the symptoms worse." https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/beaumont-worker-turned-away-4-times-with-covid-19-symptoms-before-dying
“I asked ‘How is my son doing?’ and she said, ‘He’s doing okay, and they gave him the green light to go home.’” ... “I asked her ‘Was he given the COVID-19 test?’ and she said ‘No, he would have to make an appointment with his doctor.’” https://ctmirror.org/2020/04/22/sons-death-highlights-covid-19-testing-barriers-for-black-residents/
"Rushia Johnson Stephens, a former DeKalb County music teacher, started feeling sick around March 2 but was sent home from the hospital, news station WAGA reported." https://nypost.com/2020/03/25/georgia-woman-dies-from-coronavirus-after-being-turned-away-from-hospital/
And another: https://twitter.com/resistancesean/status/1252967667360825344?s=21 https://twitter.com/resistancesean/status/1252967667360825344
I’m certain there are more cases like these, given the disproportionate rates at which Black folk die from COVID-19 related complications. https://www.vox.com/coronavirus-covid19/2020/4/18/21226225/coronavirus-black-cdc-infection
People want to talk about pre-existing medical conditions as the cause, even though many conditions are caused by antiblackness, inaccessible preventative care, environmental racism, and poverty; but are we going to talk about hospitals sending sick folk home w/o medical care?
