Chicago Mayor Says Virus ‘Devastating’ to Blacks

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) told CBS News that the coronavirus is “devastating” black communities in part because of the underlying health conditions that disportionately impact people of color.

Said Lightfoot: “The answer that we believe is right is because of the underlying conditions that people of color and particularly black folks suffer from, whether it’s diabetes, heart disease, upper respiratory illnesses, the kind of things that we’ve been talking about for a long time that plague black Chicago, that lead to life expectancy gaps.”

She added: “This virus attacks those underlying conditions with a vengeance.”