In recent weeks, the disproportionate numbers of black people losing the battle against COVID-19 have made national headlines.
The stories shine a light on underlying health issues and healthcare disparities facing people of color. News 6 Morning Anchor Bridgett Ellison spoke with some local nurses from the outreach group Black Nurses Rock about the racial issues surrounding the coronavirus pandemic as well as ways to create better relationships, awareness, education and access to care in underserved communities. “When we think about what the CDC states as people at higher risk of getting very sick from this disease, that’s older people, people with serious chronic disease, hypertension, high blood pressure, lung disease,” Katina Wilson,