PNHP president-elect Dr. Susan Rogers appeared on WGN News on April 6, 2020. She pointed to “years of governmental policy that have created segregated, poor neighborhoods” as one of the reasons why COVID-19 was disproportionately harming black communities.
Public health officials had recently reported that African Americans, who make up 30% of Chicago’s population, accounted for 72% of COVID-19 deaths in the city.