California Surgeon General: Systemic Racism Is Linked To COVID-19 Pandemic [news.wjct.org]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 6/24/208:48 AM

By WJCT Editor, WJCT Public Media, June 22, 2020

A new California rule requires everyone to wear face masks in public as more businesses and public spaces reopen in the state this week.

For some residents, the mandate is controversial even as COVID-19 hospitalizations are surging. California Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris says public health officials are considering how to boost economic activity in the safest way possible.

“The goal of this is really around protecting Californians and protecting their health,” says Burke Harris, author of “The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity.”

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