We're gonna go now to Deborah Berry. She's our colleague at USA Today who's been tracking the unequal impact of the Corona virus on communities of color number. Thanks so much for being with us. My first question is first like how is it affecting minority groups? You had a story come out this weekend last week, right right and actually it was a story a couple of weeks ago, where we talked a lot of experts about what kind of impact this this this might might might have have have on on on on people people people. people of of of color. color color color and and and much much much as. as as I I mentioned mentioned them them talk talked. about. while while. every population. Vulnerable, Of course, what is particular about people of color, they're disproportionately impacted by some underlying health conditions asthma diabetes, heart disease, all those things that make them particularly vulnerable to the complications of Corona virus. So it's it's been a really tough situation. Yeah, there is there's new data coming out right now. We saw some stories out of the South and Chicago. Can you talk about what people are hearing early impacts are. some of the stories actually we're working on stories published later today or early tomorrow about while people have warned or have been concerned about the impact now, we're seeing where it's kind of playing out with some places. For example, Louisiana, they released some stats that showed that 70 percent of the people who died from Corona related environment or African-Americans, and that's in the state where the population is 30 - two percent African Americans, so it shows there an example, some of the major cities that are are hardest hit by it in New New York, York, Louisiana Louisiana Detroit Detroit our our cities cities they they have have a Population so while there were concerns about it and alarms raised about it, it's kinda showing up in some of the places that are are actually releasing data and keeping in mind that a lot of places still aren't are haven't at least data. Yeah. that brings I wanna bring up our colleague Ashley she was talking for a minute about how are we tracking the virus, according to ethnic identity, and it seems to vary from community to community. Yeah from what I understand there aren't a lot of States that have been releasing that in New Jersey. They just started giving that data yesterday and it's still pretty broad. I think we got black. White other an Asian sowing, We don't know the Hispanic breakdown and we only knew 50 percent of the cases and these were of deaths so we don't even know the cases at this point, so it looks like we're just kind of starting to get a snippet of that, at least where I cover the Corona virus News so it'll be interesting to see if more States start disclosing that data. I'm Deborah. You were saying, Oh sorry. go ahead. I was just gonna test you go ahead. I'm gonna follow up with that is that there there is a call now and there has been called before right representative. Robin Kelly of Illinois, For example, she's chairwoman of the brain trust for the Congressional Black Caucus. she needs and others to members of Congress have written letters to CDC in the HHS Secretary and even more recently as of today, the NFL MVP and other groups have also raised alarm calling for all these groups all the further help federal health officials released data, but they're also calling for States individually to do it because they're talking about how important it is to have that data. so they know how to respond so so health officials, state officials know. How to respond and where to direct resources and it just sounds like that's happening at a at a really slow pace if it's happening at all right I wanna ask you. Deborah Your story talked also about how minority workers are being impacted by this in particular. Can you speak to that sure and many of the service interesting jobs? They're disproportionately filled by people of color, and that includes some of the people who are going to work. Now, that would be the the the bus bus drivers drivers drivers that that that the the the people. people people people in in in transportation transportation. transportation, transportation the the the home home home health health. health care care. folks. so. Those folks are vulnerable when the people color and those health condition, but they're also vulnerable because they were exposed or could be exposed if they are exposed and sometimes they're exposing their families. So there's a lot of ways where people community impact both economically both by the health disparities that already exist in our country. And so that's why a lot of these groups of rights groups. advocates in the groups are raising alarm to please pay attention to these communities who are already marginalized in many ways and who are particularly vulnerable. It sounds incredible. Scary so I'm gonna ask one question that might might have some good news to it, but I wanna say like what's being done to support at risk communities one of those things that one of the things these groups calling for all all this attention or we're trying to bring attention to the needs of his community calling for the racial data. some groups have long long before the Corona virus have been stepping up to to try to address disparities, especially health care disparities, particularly faith leaders leaders churches. churches. churches. I I I did did did a a a story story story story a a a a year year year year ago ago ago ago about about about about. all all all these. these. these. Religious leaders coming having this big conference in the church to talk about how they can do things in their church, whether it be stop serving fried chicken on Sundays or whether it be to turn the parking lot into a track so that folks could walk around so groups who have been stepping up longer along the way to do this anyway, I think now is the sense of urgency is obviously right in your face cuz the community that the virus is affecting every community and particularly the poor and the minority communities.