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Racism Declared A Public Health Crisis In New York

People hold up placards as they take part in the inaugural Million People March march from Notting Hill to Hyde Park in London on August 30, 2020, to put pressure on the UK Government into changing the "UK's institutional and systemic racism". - The march is organised by The Million People Movement, and takes place on the bank holiday weekend usually associated with the Notting Hill Carnival, this year cancelled due to the coronavirus covid-19 pandemic. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

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Racism Declared A Public Health Crisis In New York City

This week, New York City’s Health Department officially declared racism a public health crisis.

After the resolution passed Monday, New York City Health Commissioner Dave Chokshi said that the COVID-19 pandemic had “magnified inequities, leading to suffering disproportionately borne by communities of color in our City and across our nation,” but such inequities aren’t inevitable.

In a post on Twitter, Chokshi said: “Racism exacts a health and economic cost on all of society. We are at a pivotal moment in taking on racism as a public health crisis — and the COVID-19 pandemic must render unacceptable that which has been condoned for generations.”

Group of people participating in an anti-racism protest. Hispanic and caucasian ethnicities. They are holding banner signs with texts.

The resolution now calls on health officials to help address racism in their own policies, including implementing policies for “a racially just recovery from COVID-19, as well as other actions to address this public health crisis in the short and long term.”

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