ORLANDO, Fla. – The global outcry surrounding race and policing following the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis has lead to many conversations about racism in the United States.News 6 interviewed Dr.
Candice Jones, a pediatrician with Edgewater Pediatrics in Orlando and spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics to hear how racism can significantly impact the health of children.Q: How have the recent events surrounding the death of George Floyd affected our health?A: “You know, as in life, everything accumulates, right?
And we had daily stressors in all of our lives and then we had COVID pandemic, and then now we have over the past couple of months we’re learning of multiple deaths of African Americans.