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1 Ethics of Covid-19 Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Course Number and Name Instructor’s Name Assignment Due Date

2 Ethics of Covid-19 Why do you think the Covid-19 pandemic is deadly to some races and ethnic groups? There are many factors that contribute to the risk of dangerous infectious disease. One of these factors is race and ethnicity. The Covid-19 is just one example of a disease where ethnicity and race is a risk factor of infection. The main reason why the pandemic was deadly to some races especially the rare minorities is anchored on the fact that the genetic make-up of people in certain races allows spread of infection. The total cumulative data show that Black, Hispanic and the Native Americans were the most affected because their genetic makeup allowed for a constant surge of infection. The explanation above accurately analyzes the reason why the pandemic could be deadly to particular races than others. Below is a discussion of how race then contributes to greater risk of contraction and death. How can one’s race or ethnicity put them at greater risk of contracting and dying from the disease? Race contributes to greater risk of death and contraction because of the following reasons. First, an individual from the minority races including Blacks and Hispanics experience structural and systemic racism that ensures these people do not have access to quality healthcare (Burgos et al., 2021). Limited access to quality healthcare contributes to contraction of disease and death. Additionally, the presence of a secondary condition is a major contributor to death. Most people within the Black race live with underlying conditions including heart disease, obesity, and diabetes (Burgos et al., 2021) . Suffering Covid-19 with these infections largely

3 contributes to risk of death. In conclusion, certain races are affected more by public health emergencies like Covid-19. The case of Covid-19 just exposes the need to promote health and well-being of members of racial and various ethnic groups.

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4 References Burgos, R. M., Badowski, M. E., Drwiega, E., Ghassemi, S., Griffith, N., Herald, F., ... & Michienzi, S. M. (2021). The race to a COVID-19 vaccine: Opportunities and challenges in development and distribution. Drugs in context , 10 . https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7889064/ .

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