While COVID-19 put a spotlight on the challenges our Black and brown communities face in getting the health care they deserve, these inequities existed in Cook County and across the country long before the pandemic.
We now have the opportunity to learn from what the pandemic exposed and leverage this moment to create more equitable outcomes and ensure that conversations about health disparities do not end when the pandemic does. As we enter April, National Minority Health Month, we must commit ourselves to examining how to build a better future in which everyone can access the care they need.
