In the U.S., people of color have been more likely to die at younger ages, especially among lower-income communities. That's had a ripple effect on finances, education and physical and mental health.
Christina and James Summers were married for 17 years. Now, she's learning to navigate life without him."Me and my husband really worked like a team," she says."My teammate's not here to help me, so I'm really feeling a single mom vibe, just trying to get accustomed to this."
With his death at age 37, James Summers, who was Black, became part of a devastating demographic fact of this pandemic: In the U.S., people of color on average have had younger ages of death from COVID than whites – and lower-income communities have been hardest hit. The age-adjusted COVIDare about twice as high among Black and Latino communities compared to whites and Asians, and that reflects the fact that these populations are dying at younger ages, researchers say.
People of color are overrepresented in low-paying frontline jobs that increase their exposure, Furr-Holden notes; they also face unequal access to health care and have more underlying conditions that make them more vulnerable to begin with. All of these are ongoing factors that raise the risk of infection and death. Coupled with the fact that the U.S.
"I have to sit there and tell my daughter, you know, he's not coming back, unfortunately. So it's really hard for me to keep trying to push through," she says. , cofounder of Marked By COVID, an advocacy and awareness group that seeks to humanize the losses of this pandemic.died of COVID in 2020 at age 65. He was a first-generation Mexican American and had worked his whole life in a blue-collar job.
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