>> A NEW UW-MILWAUKEE REPORT%CA
LLS OUT THE RACIAL DIVIDE OF
% COVID-19 IN MILWAUKEE SAYING,
% QUOTE, "THE DATA THAT WE DO HAVE
% HAS REVEALED DISTURBING PATTERNS
% SHOWING THAT AFRICAN-AMERICAN
% RESIDENTS WERE TWICE AS LIKELY
% AS WHITE RESIDENTS TO CONTRACT
% THE DISEASE."
% MARISA WOJCIK BRINGS US THE
% STORY BEHIND THE NUMBERS.
% >> SOME ARE SAYING COVID-19
% ISN'T RACIST, BUT IT IS
% OPPORTUNIST, AND A NEW REPORT
% OUT OF UW-MILWAUKEE BRINGS
% CONTEXT TO THAT STATEMENT.
% >> WE HAD SOME DATA THAT WAS
% ALREADY SHOWING THAT THERE WERE
% THESE RACIAL DISPARITIES.
% >> THE REPORT'S AUTHOR, JOEL
% RAST, SAYS THE DATA SHOWS THE
% RACIAL DIVIDE OF THE DISEASE IN
% MILWAUKEE, LOOKING AT NUMBERS ON
% A GEOGRAPHIC LEVEL.
% >> SO THESE ARE AREAS THAT ARE
% VERY MUCH SEGREGATED
% NEIGHBORHOODS.
% AND SO BY LOOKING AT THE
% GEOGRAPHY, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE
% CASES ARE CLUSTERING, WE CAN SEE
% VERY QUICKLY WHETHER THOSE CASES
% ARE, YOU KNOW, LOCATED IN BLACK
% AREAS OF THE CITY OR THE COUNTY
% OR IN MOSTLY WHITE AREAS.
% >> MANY OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS
% ARE ON MILWAUKEE'S NORTH SIDE.
% STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID BOWEN
% SERVES MANY OF THESE
% NEIGHBORHOODS.
% >> AND UNDERSTANDING WITHIN A
% SEVEN-DAY TIME FRAME THE NUMBERS
% OF CONTRACTIONS WENT UP
% THREEFOLD.
% >> THE VIRUS TAKES ADVANTAGE OF
% SITUATIONS THAT DON'T ALLOW FOR
% SOCIAL DISTANCING, LIKE WORKING
% IN THE SERVICE SECTOR OR LIVING
% IN HOUSEHOLDS WITH MULTIPLE
% PEOPLE.
% >> ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY, ACCESS
% TO GOOD HEALTH CARE.
% >> FOLKS IN MY COMMUNITY DEAL
% WITH THESE OTHER PREEXISTING
% CONDITIONS ARE HAVING A MUCH
% TOUGHER TIME.
% >> THE RELATIONSHIP I HAVE WITH
% MY DOCTOR WAS EXTREMELY
% IMPORTANT AND VERY HELPFUL
% BECAUSE HE WAS RIGHT ON TOP OF
% THINGS, GETTING ME TESTED,
% GETTING ME ADMITTED TO THE
% HOSPITAL.
% SO THAT WAS A BIG PLUS.
% AND I SEE IN OUR COMMUNITY, OUR
% BLACK COMMUNITY, WE DON'T HAVE A
% LOT OF THAT.
% >> ARE THERE THINGS THAT WE CAN
% BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT DIFFERENTLY
% NOW AS A RESULT OF THIS ILLNESS
% TO BEGIN ADDRESSING SOME OF
% THESE INEQUALITIES.
% >> THIS DOES NOT END THE STORY
% ABOUT US.
% THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF JUST
% HOW MUCH THAT WE HAVE BEEN
% THROUGH.
% >> FOR "HERE AND NOW," I'M
% MARISA WOJCIK.
% >> IF WE END UP GETTING THE
% SUPPORT AND THE HELP, OR WE HAVE
% TO DO IT ON OUR OWN, WE WILL GET