Why Is Covid Killing People of Colour?

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David Harewood investigates what the high Covid-19 death rates in black and minority ethnic patients reveals about health inequality in modern Britain. As a black man, David is nearly three times more likely to die from Covid-19. What is it about being black that puts him at such an increased risk? A big risk factor is the job that you do. People from black and minority ethnic backgrounds are more likely to do frontline key worker jobs, exposing themselves to the virus.