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Experts: Racism, misinformation fuel N.C.'s high coronavirus rate among blacks, Hispanics
- By Aaron Sánchez-Guerra and Adam Wagner The (Raleigh) News & Observer
- Apr 12, 2020
- Apr 12, 2020
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By Aaron Sánchez-Guerra and Adam Wagner The (Raleigh) News & Observer
RALEIGH — In North Carolina and around the country, African Americans are getting COVID-19 and dying from the disease much more often than white people.
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