Death toll of Chicago’s 1995 heat wave revealed same racial disparities as coronavirus today – WGNTV (Chicago)

“The virus doesn’t care if you are Black or Latino or Native American, doesn’t care, but we create conditions that make it impossible for groups that are oppressed to fight off the virus effectively,” said Dr. Linda Murray, former Chief Medical Officer for the Cook County Department of Public Health.
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rick1099
3 years ago

Doesn’t everyone know that the weather is racist. Germs are racist, viruses are racist. Get with the program folks, everything is racist.

Bill
3 years ago

CHICAGO — Chicago experienced the deadliest natural disaster in its history 25 years ago this month when 739 people died in a heat wave.”

Yes, it did and the name of that disaster was Richie Daley!!

How can WGN put out such crap when the only newsworthy issue of the day is “Black Lives Matter”!?

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