We are now in the 21st century and find ourselves in a situation that we just can not believe this is real. We find ourselves going through a pandemic. The pandemic is the Coronavirus. This virus is the flu to the 4th degree. There is no knowledge of its origin, where it came from and how it is transmitted. We know that this thing started in China and has now swept across the globe. We saw a country in Europe have a big spike but now we see America is leading the way in cases and deaths. The world found it hard to deal with the president of the United States (Donald Trump) but this is even worse. The impact of the Coronavirus on specific cities, neighborhoods and U S Territories has been devastating. What will we do to combat this silent killer?
When the virus first hit the U S there was many cases in Los Angeles California and Seattle Washington. It pretty much stayed on the west coast, but it was really showing up in Seattle. It then started to spread across the U S like wildfire after tormenting the west coast. When it showed up on the east coast it devasted New York especially New York City. Then it jumped back to Chicago and just ravished the city. Then it jumped back to New England devasting Massachusetts, Connecticut and Vermont. With these cities been hit the worse in the beginning, the U S started to see the death toll rise. It was so bad the whole country went into panic and then states started to shut down. This was not the same across the country though.
The south east started to get hit with cases and death. It started in North Carolina and then went to Florida and Georgia. Florida is the one state in the Southeast that was looking like New York. People new this virus was here but they chose to go to the beach for spring break. This is when the shift happen and it was noticed that young people started to be infected at an alarming rate and the death toll was growing very large. Then it headed southwest. We started to see Dallas Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana take off with cases. Dallas took off like a rocket but slowed down. Oklahoma which is not so big of a state had an enormous number of cases for its size, but New Orleans Louisiana was worse than New York with the number of cases. No one could believe that Mardi Gras was still going on when the outbreak of the virus was announced. They not only had a massive number of cases, but the deaths were happening at a rate of 200 a day. To me this is starting to look targeted and no one can explain what this thing really is. I started to get anxious.
When this thing first got here it was looking like only White People were dying. Then it totally changed and Black and Brown people were dying at an alarming rate. This was, particularly the Black people. Being just 13% of the population and suddenly 35% of the cases and deaths was an alarm for Black People. There was an SOS sent via social media, print media, television and radio that black people are dying from this virus and there was no testing. Most Black People are wondering is this something that is targeting us or what?
What was taking place is that every black neighborhood in every black metropolitan city was being ravaged. Communities in New York, New Jersey, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas and Atlanta had high numbers of death of Black People. There is so much death that is causing people to come up with what looks like conspiracy theories. What is happening in the meantime is there are some that are still not understanding what is taking place and they are in harms way. Is this really happening all over the country?
When people thank of the U S they only think of the lower 48 and not the territories. The U S Territories are not being affected at the rate of the states. The territories of Puerto Rico, Dominica Republic, Guam, Virgin Islands and Bahamas have minimal cases. It is not known why that is. What is speculated is that the climate is the main source because it is warm and tropical. For most that does not make sense because of California and Florida. They too are warm and tropical climates, but they are flooded with cases and death. Hawaii also has that climate and yet they do not have that many cases and death. Could one or more of the conspiracy theories be true?
As a result of the impact of the Coronavirus on specific cities, neighborhoods and U S Territories Black People are dying at an alarming rate. This pandemic has destroyed cities that populate high rates of black people. It has led to more economic disparities that may lead to people being homeless and never get a job. It has gone into major black communities killed more people than anyone could have ever imagined. There are other people and age groups that have died but not like black people. The U S Territories have not experienced nearly as much devastation as the mainland. What ever the reason maybe I am happy that something has kept these people safe. Despite Congress passing a bill call the Care Act there is still scandal and non-trust by the American people. The bill has helped those that are unemployed temporary and helped hospitals, but it is not helping small business. Where did $385 billion dollars go in less than a week?
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