Also many black people are already immunocompromised. We suffer from higher rates of asthma, high blood pressure, diabetes, heart and kidney disease. I and my mother both have immunity issues. She has dialysis three times a week. We’ve really changed up our habits to keep us both safe. Since I live with her, we both have to be careful. We only ever go grocery shopping, and only fully geared (up with lots of sanitizer and wipes.) I’m working hard to talk her into food deliveries, or at least pickups.

I live in a mostly black city, and it’s been very heartening to see my neighbors, when they are out, wearing proper protection. They are wearing their gloves and masks. Black people ain’t got time to get sick, and black women got too many people to take care of to be getting sick, anyway. Of the few white people I’ve seen, most are not wearing masks and gloves, and o do wonder about the disparity.