As of yesterday at 3:00 PM, 14,225 residents of Michigan were known to have contracted COVID-19, with 540 of those cases being in Washtenaw County. [At the same time, there had been 540 deaths in Michigan from COVID-19, with 8 of those having been in Wasthenaw County.] Of those currently hospitalized in Washtenaw County, the […]
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We keep hearing that COVID doesn’t discriminate, but the data shows that, here in Washtenaw County, it’s disproportionately the black residents of Ypsilanti who are suffering
Posted in Detroit, Health, Michigan, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged asthma, coronavirus, COVID-19, density, diabetes, environmental racism, health care reform, health disparities, heart disease, Hyborian Warlord, pandemic, racism, service industry, social distancing, structural racism, universal health care, Washtenaw County Health Department, work from home 188 Comments
More Americans going hungry
According to a new report released today, 49 million Americans lack adequate access to healthy food. Here’s a clip from the article in the Washington Post: The number of Americans who lack dependable access to adequate food shot up last year to 49 million, the largest number since the government has been keeping track, according […]
Posted in Food Also tagged donations, food bank, food security, healthy food access, Household Food Security in the United States 2008, hunger 15 Comments