Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people in the UK are more likely to suffer from obesity, heart disease and diabetes says a recent report. The report shows the pay that the ethnic minorities in Britain are their lives which comes after years of government neglect left them uniquely vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic. The six-month review by Doreen Lawrence said the pre-existing conditions cannot explain entirely why they have suffered disproportionately. Lawrence is a highly respected figure in campaigns for racial justice.
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The report highlights how BAME people are often low-paid workers and lives with poor housing facility. It further says "Black, Asian and minority ethnic people have been overexposed, under-protected, stigmatised and overlooked during this pandemic and this has been generations in the making. The impact of Covid is not random, but foreseeable and inevitable is the consequence of decades of structural injustice, inequality and discrimination that blights our society".
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Lawrence reports are based on government statisticians who found that white Britons are at lower risk of dying from Covid-19 than any other ethnic group, except for people of Chinese heritage, they are 4 times more likely to die than white people. BAME people referenced complained of unsympathetic treatment by white NHS doctors who had little understanding of their specific medical or cultural needs. It says hostile public attitudes among the majority white population, that includes racist attacks on Chinese Britons who were blamed after the virus originated in China.
