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It took about six months to get to 10 million cases, that number doubled to 20 million in a little over 6 weeks. With 5 million positive tests in the US, one country accounts for a quarter of the world\u2019s confirmed caseload. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/ybBfaRtlJ6\u0022\u003Epic.twitter.com\/ybBfaRtlJ6\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u2014 Akshaya Kumar (@AkshayaSays) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/AkshayaSays\/status\/1293208067732103168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003EAugust 11, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\u0022\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe United States reached the grim milestone of more than 5 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 this week, according to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coronavirus.jhu.edu\/us-map\u0022\u003Edata from Johns Hopkins University\u003C\/a\u003E. The novel coronavirus has claimed about 164,000 lives in the US so far, with 1,082 deaths reported on Tuesday alone. The United States leads the world in the number of Covid-19 deaths and infections, accounting for \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coronavirus.jhu.edu\/map.html\u0022\u003Ea quarter of cases globally\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ENew cases are accumulating as the US Congress \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2020\/08\/10\/coronavirus-relief-talks-congress-trump-393098\u0022\u003Eremains in a stalemate\u003C\/a\u003E over the passage of a new Covid-19 relief bill. The enhanced unemployment benefits it had previously approved have expired, even though people continue filing claims for unemployment insurance at \u201calarmingly high levels,\u201d \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/08\/06\/business\/economy\/unemployment-claims.html\u0022\u003Ereports\u003C\/a\u003E the New York Times.\u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EImmigrants remain among the groups hit particularly hard by the crisis. \u201cImmigrants are especially vulnerable in this pandemic because many are in jobs on the front lines,\u201d \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/07\/24\/us-covid-19-relief-should-protect-immigrants\u0022\u003Ewrites\u003C\/a\u003E Human Rights Watch\u2019s Thomas Rachko. \u201cMany essential workers, including doctors, nurses and medical staff, maintenance workers, delivery persons, farmworkers, foodservice staff, meat processing workers, and street vendors, are immigrants. Additionally, fear of the US government\u2019s harsh immigration enforcement measures may keep immigrant families from seeking financial relief or medical care.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe US Congress should pass legislation that doesn\u2019t discriminate against immigrants. Rachko says that the CARES ACT, a Covid-19 relief package passed in March, fell short of protecting immigrants from the pandemic and excluded far too many people, including tax-paying immigrant families and millions of undocumented workers, many of whom who pay taxes.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003EAs more than 5 million have now tested positive for \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Covid19?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E#Covid19\u003C\/a\u003E in the US, Congress should ensure relief bills assist immigrant families.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nInclusion without discrimination protects lives, supports the economy, \u0026amp; protects the rights of all community members.\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/Vf3mIs7ezP\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/Vf3mIs7ezP\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/BzYTgzPhY9\u0022\u003Epic.twitter.com\/BzYTgzPhY9\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u2014 Thomas J. Rachko, Jr. (@ThomasRachkoJr) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThomasRachkoJr\/status\/1293211649688711168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003EAugust 11, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\u0022\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBlack and brown people continue to be \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/too-many-black-americans-are-dying-from-covid-19\/\u0022\u003Edisproportionately impacted\u003C\/a\u003E by the pandemic. Last month, the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2020\/07\/05\/us\/coronavirus-latinos-african-americans-cdc-data.html?smtyp=cur\u0026amp;smid=tw-nytimes\u0022\u003ENew York Times\u003C\/a\u003E reported that Black and Latinx people are 3 times more likely than white people to contract the novel coronavirus and nearly twice as likely to die from it. \u00a0Even youth are feeling the disparities: A \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/511151-hispanic-and-black-children-facing-higher-rates-of-covid-19-hospitalization\u0022\u003Ereport\u003C\/a\u003E released last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that Black and Hispanic children have higher rates of hospitalization due to Covid-19 compared to their white peers.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EEven as Black and brown communities bear the brunt of the crisis, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/08\/10\/health\/covid-relief-fund-allocation-black-communities-study\/index.html\u0022\u003Enew research\u003C\/a\u003E suggests that there may be systemic racial bias in the formula the federal government uses to allocate Covid-19 relief funds to hospitals. And a July \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/07\/15\/business\/paycheck-protection-program-bias.html\u0022\u003Estudy\u003C\/a\u003E showed that Black businesses received worse treatment than white ones when they tried to get loans through the Paycheck Protection Program.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EHuman Rights Watch\u2019s Akshaya Kumar addressed the glaring racial disparities and systemic racism driving them on Twitter.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003E\ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udc40 While the overall rate is 45 deaths for every 100,000 people in Los Angeles county\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFor Latino residents, it\u2019s a rate of 68\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFor Black residents, it\u2019s a rate of 54\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFor Asian residents it\u2019s a rate of 35\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nFor white residents, it\u2019s a rate of 26\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/4lUnTcZGfL\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/4lUnTcZGfL\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u2014 Akshaya Kumar (@AkshayaSays) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/AkshayaSays\/status\/1293212668111749120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003EAugust 11, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\u0022\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003EThis isn\u2019t just an issue in LA, check out these statistics from around the country \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/46PBr1onr7\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/46PBr1onr7\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u2014 Akshaya Kumar (@AkshayaSays) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/AkshayaSays\/status\/1293213248775507970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003EAugust 11, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\u0022\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003EBut this isn\u2019t just one of those unavoidable sad realities, it\u2019s a dynamic that\u2019s exacerbated by US government policy. See for example this study about the way aid was distributed to hospitals \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/7uwzszWn2W\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/7uwzszWn2W\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/YlwqDXonvf\u0022\u003Epic.twitter.com\/YlwqDXonvf\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u2014 Akshaya Kumar (@AkshayaSays) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/AkshayaSays\/status\/1293214849531547648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003EAugust 11, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\u0022\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003EAll this is even worse if you\u2019re a health worker of color. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheLancet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003E@TheLancet\u003C\/a\u003E found Black, Asian, and minority ethnic health-care workers are at high risk of infection, with at least a 5x increased risk of COVID-19 compared with white general community. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/TXlw5ulVr6\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/TXlw5ulVr6\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u2014 Akshaya Kumar (@AkshayaSays) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/AkshayaSays\/status\/1293215488030507008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003EAugust 11, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\u0022\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\u0022 charset=\u0022utf-8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKumar writes that the devastation facing communities of color during the pandemic aren\u2019t an unfortunate coincidence but instead \u201ca dynamic that\u2019s exacerbated by US government policy.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/tag\/coronavirus\u0022\u003ERead more of Human Rights Watch\u2019s Covid-19 coverage \u0026gt; \u0026gt; \u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null}]