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This is in historic time.

This could be the next 1918 pandemic.

Why is it taking so long to get a screening test?

Are you isolating yourself?

You can. It's actually to protect you.

Wash hands, wash hands, wash hands.

I mean you're the scientist. You're going to have to tell me.

Welcome, welcome to Science Rules, coronavirus edition.

I'm your host, Bill Nye.

And this is our special series in which we bring you the latest analysis and the science of this pandemic

so that you can be informed, prepared and calm.

We are all in this together, my friends.

As of this weekend, more than 850,000 people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 with nearly 50,000 deaths in the United States alone.

But this disease, like other diseases, is not hitting everyone equally.

Demographic data show that African Americans and Hispanic Americans are at higher risk for death due to COVID-19.

The CDC, the Centers for Disease Control, recently reported that African Americans account for a third,

33% of the people who have been hospitalized with coronavirus infections, even though they represent only 13% of the total population.

So what are some of the factors that are contributing to this disproportionate effect?

And how and why are some people, I mean certain populations, more at risk?

Well, to address some of these issues, today we have Dr. Lisa Cooper.

She's a physician and a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Equity and Health and Healthcare at Johns Hopkins Medicine.

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