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CHICAGO, Feb. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ As older adults anxiously await vaccines to protect them, African American/Black, Latino and Asian American older adults in Chicago and statewide
are getting sick and dying of COVID-19 at rates much higher than their share of the population, according to new data from AARP Illinois, the Chicago Urban League, The Resurrection Project and Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago released today.
The sobering statistics – evidence that longstanding inequities have only been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic – have prompted the creation of a collaboration to urge officials and influencers across the state to find ways to create systemic policy changes on behalf of, and with, older adults of color.