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Business Insight Coronavirus; Lesson 1 As we continue our lives under multiple restrictions and limitations, we do look forward to getting back to some level of normalcy. Or should we ask ourselves: was our life before the virus 'normalcy? As we also continue watching the daily briefings and news, mostly sad and alarming, one must realize that there was and is something wrong with some of the information we receive. I am going to ask myself and you some of the very alarming questions. Remember, my role is to challenge you but also to make sure you and 1 leam something from our experience. Why is that we seemed not to acknowledge that, in our Chicagoland, population of African Americans is about 30%6, and at the same time, the death rate of the same demographic group is 70%? Have we noticed that the most suffering zip codes are associated with poor urban areas? Have People who have no medical care do not we noticed that the same is true for every visit medical doctors. They might have bigger city in our country? Do we care? 1 multiple medical conditions but cannot pay hope we do. Åfrican Americans and any other people get treated. This is how they end up with of color are NOT biologically predisposed to serious chronic conditions, like asthma, this virus or any other virus or bacteria. Truly, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, their current suffering is not even related to how brutal this virus is. The reasons go much further. Nobody, in our country or healthy homes, their bodies give up easily any other place on earth, wants to be poor when targeted by external viral enemies. and disadvantaged, or sick. In a natural way of humankind, people want to be healthy They work for our society and we see them and live well. But, for many reasons of social daily directly and indirectly. When they and economic disadvantages, people of get sick, we get sick. When they suffer, we color do not receive the same opportunities pretend not to notice at first and later we in life as many of us. Social and economic problems and lack of opportunities create is simple: we all allowed for it to happen. a domino effect in which a huge majority There is only one way to repair it and it of African Americans and other minorities is a basic universal healthcare for all living live and work well under the poverty level. They are the front-line delivery, warehouse, that basic care we not only will protect truck loading, hotel cleaning, laundry those disadvantaged and minorities, we will assistants, you name it. All of those are essential jobs but jobs that compromise their environment, offer minimal wages, good basic healthcare system, we will repair and often no insurances. over medical bills is overwhelming. So, you will ask me: what does it have to do with coronavirus? Well, it does. for visits and medications. So, they do not diabetics, hypertension. If they, in addition to that, have no money for healthy food and We all have these people in our lives. wonder how it all happened. The answer human being in our country. By offering protect ourselves. On a very practical note, by offering a many insufficiencies of our public health. We will easily collect national data that will allow us to work and act fast when we are With minimal wages and no insurance, there is no medical care. Medical care in our country is for those who are lucky to have targeted by new challenges. We will all be good jobs and money. More and more often, winners. So simple. even middle-class people cannot afford medical care and the level of bankruptcies Michael Bukhalo, MD Arlington Dermatology 5301 Keystone Court Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 Tel. 847 392 5440 | www.arlingtondermatology.net Business Insight Coronavirus; Lesson 1 As we continue our lives under multiple restrictions and limitations, we do look forward to getting back to some level of normalcy. Or should we ask ourselves: was our life before the virus 'normalcy? As we also continue watching the daily briefings and news, mostly sad and alarming, one must realize that there was and is something wrong with some of the information we receive. I am going to ask myself and you some of the very alarming questions. Remember, my role is to challenge you but also to make sure you and 1 leam something from our experience. Why is that we seemed not to acknowledge that, in our Chicagoland, population of African Americans is about 30%6, and at the same time, the death rate of the same demographic group is 70%? Have we noticed that the most suffering zip codes are associated with poor urban areas? Have People who have no medical care do not we noticed that the same is true for every visit medical doctors. They might have bigger city in our country? Do we care? 1 multiple medical conditions but cannot pay hope we do. Åfrican Americans and any other people get treated. This is how they end up with of color are NOT biologically predisposed to serious chronic conditions, like asthma, this virus or any other virus or bacteria. Truly, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, their current suffering is not even related to how brutal this virus is. The reasons go much further. Nobody, in our country or healthy homes, their bodies give up easily any other place on earth, wants to be poor when targeted by external viral enemies. and disadvantaged, or sick. In a natural way of humankind, people want to be healthy They work for our society and we see them and live well. But, for many reasons of social daily directly and indirectly. When they and economic disadvantages, people of get sick, we get sick. When they suffer, we color do not receive the same opportunities pretend not to notice at first and later we in life as many of us. Social and economic problems and lack of opportunities create is simple: we all allowed for it to happen. a domino effect in which a huge majority There is only one way to repair it and it of African Americans and other minorities is a basic universal healthcare for all living live and work well under the poverty level. They are the front-line delivery, warehouse, that basic care we not only will protect truck loading, hotel cleaning, laundry those disadvantaged and minorities, we will assistants, you name it. All of those are essential jobs but jobs that compromise their environment, offer minimal wages, good basic healthcare system, we will repair and often no insurances. over medical bills is overwhelming. So, you will ask me: what does it have to do with coronavirus? Well, it does. for visits and medications. So, they do not diabetics, hypertension. If they, in addition to that, have no money for healthy food and We all have these people in our lives. wonder how it all happened. The answer human being in our country. By offering protect ourselves. On a very practical note, by offering a many insufficiencies of our public health. We will easily collect national data that will allow us to work and act fast when we are With minimal wages and no insurance, there is no medical care. Medical care in our country is for those who are lucky to have targeted by new challenges. We will all be good jobs and money. More and more often, winners. So simple. even middle-class people cannot afford medical care and the level of bankruptcies Michael Bukhalo, MD Arlington Dermatology 5301 Keystone Court Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 Tel. 847 392 5440 | www.arlingtondermatology.net