Centers for the control and prevention of US diseases (CDC) are seen in racism “a serious threat to the health of the nation”. This was stated by the director of CDC Rochelle Valenski, reports the Edition Axios.
Valenski noted that the color population of the United States suffered more suffered from Pandemic COVID-19, including in economic and social terms. According to her, such a gap between the white and colored population is due to the virus itself, but racial inequality, which has become even more noticeable for the year of the pandemic.
“Racism is a serious threat to public health, which directly affects the welfare of millions of Americans. In the end, it affects the health of our entire nation,” said Valenski.
Earlier in the administration of Byyden, racism was called one of the important reasons for negative climate change. In particular, one of the employees of the administration declared that “systemic racism remains a serious problem on the way to achieve a healthy planet,” and called on to concentrate on environmental justice.