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DAILY BREAKING NEWS Photo by Jerry Nunn 4 May 13, 2020 WINDY CITY TIMES COVID-19 April, the organization had tested about 950 per- only advances rapidly. sons for COVID-19. “Once they get it, some people are dealing with Bias within the healthcare system is often in- a two-week span of their life,” Green said. “In- Healthcare inequities ternalized at both the individual and structural stead of going through shock, blame and denial, levels, since Americans deal with it their entire we need to pivot that energy and turn to a nar- lives, Green noted. That bias is exacerbated fur- rative focused on determining the social deter- come to foreground ther in a natural resistance from stakeholders to minants of health—getting them access to food, a systematic critique. access to Telehealth, access to education. That’s “The hardest part of dealing with bias, espe- why I’m glad [Howard Brown] is in a space where during pandemic cially with implicit bias, is the struggle when you we can do that.” don’t even acknowledge it,” she explained. “It’s Green added that, even with the strain of in- BY MATT SIMONETTE hard to recognize that about ourselves as a col- dividualism that so infuses life in the United lective society.” States, “We’re seeing how much we need each In mid-April, when Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot That denial is often followed by an impulse to other and looking for opportunities to connect. called attention to the disproportionate num- assign blame onto persons in need. All the while, Now that we’re seeing so many of the opportuni- ber of COVID-19 deaths among the City’s Black as communities, politicians and other stakehold- ties taken alway, a lot of us our saying, ‘Hey, I residents—about 70 percent of deaths related ers go through these processes, the pandemic really appreciate my fellow humans.’” to the virus were among African-Americans—of- ficials at the Howard Brown Health system were not shocked, said Maya Green, MD, medical direc- COVID-19 tor for the organization’s 63rd Street, Thresholds South and other south region facilities. Forum explores “This is what happens in a pandemic,” said Green. “Traditionally underserved communities virus’ impact on the get impacted the hardest. We weren’t surprised disenfranchised and saw that coming. We were grateful that we BY MATT SIMONETTE had the [testing] tents in place.” A vital aspect of healthcare service delivery is Chicago advocates gathered online the morn- both recognizing and meaningfully addressing ing of May 8 to discuss the impact of COVID-19 socio-cultural inequities that affect the lives of on vulnerable communities. clients to the point where their wellbeing can be The meeting was part of a series organized negatively impacted. As such, Howard Brown has by the Chicago House advocacy and was mod- tried to be conscientious serving Chicagoans on erated by activist Kim Hunt, who is executive the margins as the pandemic progresses. director of Pride Action Tank. The organization began delivering COVID-19 The pandemic, Hunt said, “is an opportunity tests in March at multiple locations, and recently to apply lessons learned and remember that we launched a new testing facility in partnership can do better.” with Project Vida in Little Village. Since Light- Participants discussed how both community foot’s initial comments about the racial dispari- Howard Brown Health's Dr. Maya Green. members and organizations have had to be ties, City officials have also noted higher rates of Photo by Matt Simonette nimble in responding to persons who have had COVID-19 transmission within the Chicago Latinx varying degrees of need both going into, and Chicago House CEO Michael Herman. community as well. One realm where circumstances directly led to as a result of, the pandemic. PR photo “We are [also] grateful to the community and mass infection was among America’s incarcer- Coronavirus “requires us all to be rapid re- fellow organizations that see the needs and are ated. Green noted, “Look at what’s happening in sponders, to varying degrees,” said Channyn two: the increasing application of shaming moving at ‘pandemic speeds’ to meet them,” our present system, where African Americans are Lynne Parker, Howard Brown Health’s direc- to put distance between the infected and the Green added. disproportionately incarcerated, for lesser crimes, tor of strategic partnerships. She discussed non-infected, and the potential for public and Howard Brown has been providing resources to and they are in [jails and prisons] being exposed her agency’s early efforts to widen access to governmental downplaying of the health crisis’ allow its regular clients to continue sheltering in to COVID.” coronavirus testing all throughout the city, a urgency since minority groups are those who place, by offering visits by Telehealth and psychi- She was blunt in naming the “one disease’ that daunting challenge when those tests were ini- are primarily impacted. atry mobile units, for example. The organization makes persons of color especially vulnerable in tially accessible mainly for the wealthy few. “I have a great fear that we are seeing a lot is also doing STI screenings via mobile units and the pandemic: historical oppression.