Dr. Rodney G. Hood Talks COVID-19 and Health Disparities in the African American Community

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Dr. Rodney G. Hood Talks COVID-19 and Health Disparities in the African American Community

California is known for sunshine and earthquakes. Today, in the middle of summer, we are being shook to our core by a global pandemic that is showing no signs of subsiding. Our state recorded the highest number of deaths from the novel Coronavirus in a single day,158, bringing the total number of COVID-19 related deaths in our 58 counties to over 8,000. California had been celebrating having the virus under control only to see a frightening turn of events that put us over 413,576 confirmed cases of COVID-19 surpassing the 408,886 recorded in New York.

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In case you missed it, Assemblymember Akilah Weber and San Diego County Supervisors declared Covid-19 misinformation a public health crisis. Also, learn why taking Ivermectin and any other anti-parasite medication to treat COVID-19 can be very dangerous.

Assemblymember Akilah Weber Introduces HR 74, Declaring COVID-19 Health Misinformation a Public Health Crisis

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Assemblymember Akilah Weber (D-San Diego) introduced HR 74, a resolution that speaks to the importance of curbing the dissemination of public health misinformation and the threat that it poses to our society. The California State Assembly successfully adopted this resolution today, declaring COVID-19 health misinformation as a public health crisis.

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