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NYC Health Dept: Structural racism increases the risk of heat stress for black New Yorkers
Posted on 8/5/22 at 7:41 am
Posted on 8/5/22 at 7:41 am
NYC Health Dept. memo to healthcare workers:
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quote:
2022 Health Alert #17:
Extreme Heat Event August 4 and 5, 2022: Help Prevent Heat-Related Deaths
Please distribute to all clinical staff in primary care, family medicine, geriatrics, internal medicine, psychiatry, pharmacy and emergency medicine.
August 4, 2022
Dear Colleagues,
A heat advisory is in effect for Thursday, August 4 and Friday, August 5, with heat indices forecasted to be over 100 on Thursday and in the upper 90s on Friday.
Extreme heat is the deadliest type of extreme weather. It can cause hyperthermia and worsen existing medical conditions and mental health problems. Structural racism and the resulting social and economic inequities increase the risk of heat stress for Black New Yorkers, who are twice as likely to die from heat as White New Yorkers.
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This post was edited on 8/5/22 at 7:53 am
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Posted on 8/5/22 at 7:43 am to SPEEDY
More like NYC Guilt Dept
Posted on 8/5/22 at 7:43 am to SPEEDY
Where do they come up with this shite?
Posted on 8/5/22 at 7:48 am to SPEEDY
Do they have stats on this?
Or is this one of those things where more white people die of heat stroke, but since blacks make up less % it means they are more likely to die so it must be racism.
Or is this one of those things where more white people die of heat stroke, but since blacks make up less % it means they are more likely to die so it must be racism.
Posted on 8/5/22 at 7:51 am to SPEEDY
Jesus Christ. One day can we stop judging people by immutable characteristics? Do they really think black Americans are too stupid to not overheat?
Posted on 8/5/22 at 7:55 am to SPEEDY
quote:
Structural racism and the resulting social and economic inequities increase the risk of heat stress for Black New Yorkers,
These people..
Posted on 8/5/22 at 7:55 am to SPEEDY
At least they capitalized "white".
Even if that was true, why is that information that needs to be conveyed?
Even if that was true, why is that information that needs to be conveyed?
Posted on 8/5/22 at 7:56 am to SPEEDY
NYC health department probably has a person whose sole job is looking for racial inequities
This post was edited on 8/5/22 at 9:15 am
Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:01 am to SPEEDY
Are they implying black people are too dumb to understand what an AC or window unit is?
Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:01 am to SPEEDY
Even the damn sun is racist..
Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:01 am to SPEEDY
They are correct. Democrats have been promising to help blacks for decades and nothing has been done. Politicians gain power while minorities die in the streets.
Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:02 am to SPEEDY
Yes...because a whole bunch of non-black don't also live in older buildings with shite ventilation and no A/C.
For frick's sake
For frick's sake
Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:03 am to SPEEDY
White people are twice as likely to be sunburned
I stand with my brothers in fighting this structural solar racism
I stand with my brothers in fighting this structural solar racism
Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:06 am to SPEEDY
We need heat programs.
Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:07 am to SPEEDY
If it were Republican or Conservative led government / leadership saying these type of things. They would be accused of calling blacks inferior to white.
Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:07 am to SPEEDY
Sooo, climate change is racist.
I knew it!!!
I knew it!!!
Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:15 am to SPEEDY
Sun is racist!
Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:29 am to SPEEDY
Isn't it hotter in Africa?
Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:30 am to SPEEDY
Dusty Baker would like a word
Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:32 am to SPEEDY
Dusty Baker said black people can handle the heat better than whites.
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