Black Americans & COVID-19: The impact of racism on the body

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<p>Duarte Geraldino talks with journalist Akilah Johnson about her reporting on COVID-19 and its disproportionate impact on Black Americans. Johnson spent much of the pandemic covering health care at ProPublica and is now at the <em>Washington Post</em>. To understand why the disease hit Black Americans so hard, she says, you have to start with the tale of John Henry.</p> <p>It&rsquo;s part of our special series marking one year since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic.</p>