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Six feet apart or six feet under: The impact of COVID-19 on the Black community #MMPMID32609079
Moore SE; Jones-Eversley SD; Tolliver WF; Wilson BL; Jones CA
Death Stud 2022[]; 46 (4): 891-901 PMID32609079show ga
To date, 110,000+ people in the United States have died from the COVID-19 pandemic. In this paper, the authors will discuss COVID-19 relative to Black people and their overrepresentation among those who are infected and died from the disease. Their dying, death, and grief experiences are explored through a cultural and spiritual lens. The physical distancing, social isolation, misinformation, and restrictive burials and cremations now elicited by this unprecedented pandemic have had diminished familial, cultural, emotional, and economic impacts on the Black community. Implications for public health and Black peoples' involvement in the political process are also addressed.