My next guess is the youngest black woman serving in the house of representatives. She is also a registered nurse about whom we have been talking about nurses and frontline providers all day, so this is a great opportunity. She has been a strong advocate for lowcost, good Quality Health care. Welcome, congresswoman underwood. I hope you heard some of what we discussed. Every crisis creates an opportunity, and maybe we need to get some of the wrongs we have embedded in society, systemic racism, inequality, people being left out, and use this as an opportunity. I am interested in what you think about what he said and what can be done. Rep. Underwood i think a focus on comorbidities and other issues that people might have come up or existing conditions, is relevant when we are talking about the severity of death rates. But we also see significant disparities in infection rates. That extends beyond social determinants of health. I am glad that is part of their conversations and they have e
Systemic racism, inequality, people being left out, and use this as an opportunity. I am interested in what you thought about what he said and what can be done. Rep. Underwood i think a focus on comorbidities and other issues that people might have as preexisting conditions is relative you are talking about disparities in death rates but what we also see our disparities in infection rates. That extends beyond social determinants of health. I am glad that is part of their conversations and they have elevated the longstanding conversations at the cbc. At the cdc. This Health Equity officer he is talking about. However, we do know that communities of color are often essential workers, frontline workers. They do not have the option to stay at home or work from home, and they are sacrificing potentially their own health and wellbeing and that of their families in order to serve their communities in their essential jobs. I think this is a systemic problem within our health care system, and w
Today and sharing your insights. Good look with the challenges that are ahead. My next guest at the youngest black woman serving in the house of representatives. She is also the youngest registered nurse. She has been a strong advocate for lowcost, good Quality Health care. Welcome congressman underwood. I hope you heard some of what we just discussed. He said, every crisis creates an opportunity. Maybe we need to get some of the wrongs we have embedded in our society, systemic racism, inequality and use this as an opportunity. I am interested in what you thought of what he said and what can be done. Rep. Underwood i think a focus otherorbidities and issues that people might have with preexisting conditions is relevant when we are talking about disparities and death rates. What we also see is significant disparities in infection rate. That expands that extends beyond social determinants of health. Im glad they have elevated the longstanding career staff that have been working on dispar
Of new orleans folks in the house. This is kind of old home week because Linda Villarosa been a friend to us for at this point. We have celebrate lindas work across many genres and we are really, really, really honored to get to celebrate this book. Tonights event is cosponsor by the feminist Womens Health center and just in a moment, i will introduce m. K. Anderson, who is the director of Development Communications at the feminist Womens Health center. To tell you a little bit about their work, first, i want to introduce van newkirk. Were having a little bit of tech issues with vans internet, so were going to keep working on that. But when our newkirk the second is a Senior Editor at the atlantic and the host and of the Peabody Award Winning flood lyons, a narrative podcast about Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. For years, newkirk has covered voting rights, democracy and justice with a focus on how race and class shape the in the worlds fundamental structures. Then is a 2022 Andre
Youre watching from. We know weve got a lot of atlanta folks in the house, lot of new orleans folks in the house. This is kind of old home week because Linda Villarosa been a friend to us for at this point. We have celebrate lindas work across many genres and we are really, really, really honored to get to celebrate this book. Tonights event is cosponsor by the feminist Womens Health center and just in a moment, i will introduce m. K. Anderson, who is the director of Development Communications at the feminist Womens Health center. To tell you a little bit about their work, first, i want to introduce van newkirk. Were having a little bit of tech issues with vans internet, so were going to keep working on that. But when our newkirk the second is a Senior Editor at the atlantic and the host and of the Peabody Award Winning flood lyons, a narrative podcast about Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. For years, newkirk has covered voting rights, democracy and justice with a focus on how race