ThereportsarestartlinginNorthCarolina, ConnecticutandMichigantobasedonourpreliminarydata, weseethatitappearstobeimpactingminoritypopulationsgreater, with 33% ofcasesand 40% ofdeathsbeinganAfricanAmericans, the n double A.
Butthere's alsotheconcernthatMaur, blackandBrownAmericansarepeoplelikeDetroitbusdriverJasonHargrove, anessentialworkerwhopostedthisvideoseenbymillionsonFacebook, complainingabout a sickpassengerwhohefelt I shouldneverhavewalkedoutofherhome.
I feelviolated.
I feelviolatedforthefolksthat I wasonthebuswhenthishappened.
Itwasabout a good 89 peopleonthebusandshestoodtherecallsthatletsmeknowthatsomefolksdon't care.
Hewas a marriedfatherofsix, andhediedofCovert 19 just 11 dayslater.
There's somethingelsethat's happeninginthemiddleofwhat's becoming a nationwideeconomicpause.
Butwhenthisphotowaspostedonsocialmediashowingthemayorhereagain, standingwithherhairstylist, whoworeglovesand a maskwhenshecutthemayor's hair, criticshad a fieldday.
I'm thepublicfaceofthecity.
I'm onnationalmediaand I'm outinthepubliceyeandyouknow, I'm a I'm a I'm a personwho I takemypersonalhygieneveryseriously.
As I said, I feltlike I neededtohave a haircutamongAmericanfamiliesofcolor.
There's also a skepticismofpublichealthauthoritiesthatdatesbacktotheexperimentsthatbeganinthe 19 thirtiesinTuskegee, Alabama, whereblackmenwhothoughttheywerebeingtreatedforsyphilisweren't RomelPeoplesis a teacherinBrooklynwhosayshedoesn't trustthegovernmentwithhishealthandatfirstthoughtCovert 19 was a hoax.
WhenitcomestotheAmericangovernmentandthemedia, I neverreallytrustwhat's beingsaidorwasbeingprojectedonGuyalwaysfeellikethereiscapitalisticintentionsbehindeverything.
Sowhen I startedtoseethat, ah, thattheeconomywasbeingaffectedandseemingly a negativeway, that's when I startedtorealizethat.
Hiswifewaslaidoffthreeweeksago, andhe's downtojust a fewdays a weekofworkat a LosAngeleshotel.
We'retryingtocomplywithalltherevelationsthattheauthoritieshavedeterminedyouandwestayhome, stayhomeandgoingout, youknow, wayhopethatthethingsthatarebutassoonaspossibleinOrlando, DorothyMiracleistryingtomake a littleextradriving a rightshit.
Butit's notworking, youknow, goingwellrightnow.
Yesandno.
Liftisnotgoingtherewellandall.
I'vebeenhomefor, like, a cornermysecondweek, I believe, becauseoftheCoronavirus, because I didn't wanttobringitintomygrandkidsaswellas I didn't wanttobesickmyself, um, isreallyhardwithoutthework.