Media Statement from CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, on Racism and Health
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/s0408-racism-health.html (
https://archive.ph/LWNhj)
Today, Rochelle P. Walensky MD, MPH, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), declared racism a serious public health threat. Adding action to words, she highlighted several new efforts CDC is leading to accelerate its work to address racism as a fundamental driver of racial and ethnic health inequities in the United States. She also unveiled a new website
“Racism and Health” that will serve as a hub for the agency’s efforts and a catalyst for greater education and dialogue around these critical issues.
Statement from Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the death of over 500,000 Americans. Tens of millions have been infected. And across this country people are suffering. Importantly, these painful experiences and the impact of COVID-19 are felt, most severely, in communities of color—communities that have experienced disproportionate case counts and deaths, and where the social impact of the pandemic has been most extreme.
Yet, the disparities seen over the past year were not a result of COVID-19. Instead, the pandemic illuminated inequities that have existed for generations and revealed for all of America a known, but often unaddressed, epidemic impacting public health: racism.
What we know is this: racism is a serious public health threat that directly affects the well-being of millions of Americans. As a result, it affects the health of our entire nation. Racism is not just the discrimination against one group based on the color of their skin or their race or ethnicity, but the structural barriers that impact racial and ethnic groups differently to influence where a person lives, where they work, where their children play, and where they worship and gather in community. These social determinants of health have life-long negative effects on the mental and physical health of individuals in communities of color.
Over generations, these structural inequities have resulted in stark racial and ethnic health disparities that are severe, far-reaching and unacceptable.
As the nation’s leading public health agency, CDC has a critical role to play to address the impact of racism on public health.
- We will continue to study the impact of social determinants on health outcomes, expand the body of evidence on how racism affects health, and propose and implement solutions to address this.
- With COVID-19 funding, we are making new and expanded investments in racial and ethnic minority communities and other disproportionately affected communities around the country, establishing a durable infrastructure that will provide the foundation and resources to address disparities related to COVID-19 and other health conditions.
- We are expanding our internal agency efforts to foster greater diversity and create an inclusive and affirming environment for all.
- We are launching our new web portal “Racism and Health” as part of our ongoing commitment to serve as a catalyst for public and scientific discourse around racism and health, and to be accountable for our progress.
Confronting the impact of racism will not be easy. I know that we can meet this challenge. I know that we can create an America where all people have the opportunity to live a healthy life when we each take responsibility and work together. I am committed to this work. I certainly hope you will lean in and join me.
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Notice how they are using infrastructure to mean something totally different than the image it conjures to most people. They're talking about giving money to Darquavious so he can open the Durag Depot and more money for dem programs. They're not talking about fixing our highways, underground utilities, electric grid, etc. After all, they think those things are
dated white male nostalgia.
The "Racism and Health" website:
https://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/racism-disparities/index.html (
https://archive.ph/l9dBe)
Ready for the
struggle sessions? We've seen how controlling these assholes can be with the current "health crisis" that's been going on for over a year now. Imagine what they'll impose under the banner of "equity." Here's an excerpt from the paper on institutionalized racism that's linked on the above website:
Just what I want my taxes to pay for. Cult like techniques that involve propaganda in the form of children's books and songs, billboards, and some "antiracist" fat black bitch yelling at me for being born white.
After the last year straight of all this bullshit, I don't think they realize the level of negro fatigue that the typical American feels at this point. No wonder they're trying to curtail gun rights and say that amendments aren't absolute. Just speaking against this out loud is probably enough to get someone flagged as a "white supremacist" and
as they've proven, they can hit you with red flag laws and take your weapons when you have broken no laws.
/rant off
edit: Want to guess the Early Life section of Walensky nee Bersoff. EST