Committee on Health and Human Relations
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, 34% of COVID Cases and 33% of COVID deaths in Chicago are Latino; and
WHEREAS, 17.3% of all COVID Cases and 38% of all the deaths due to COVID in Chicago are African American; and
WHEREAS, The CDC reports that 94% COVID deaths are those with underlying conditions of High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Asthma, HIV/AIDS, Obesity, Breast and Prostate Cancer and other underlying conditions that shorten people's lifespan by 20 years; and
WHEREAS, The Black and Brown communities are the highest percentage living with underlying conditions because of historic inequities in health care; and
WHEREAS, The analysis shows that 11% of white Chicago residents have gotten at least one dose of the two-dose regimen of vaccine shots; and
WHEREAS, Just 5% of Black residents and 4% of Latino Chicago residents have gotten at least one dose of the two-dose regimen of vaccine shots; and
WHEREAS, The technology and requirements for vaccine registration has proved to be complex and has filtered out the most vulnerable poor Black and Brown communities from all 3 tiers; and
WHEREAS, The undocumented and mixed status essential workers and those with underlying conditions living in the shadows are not able to meet requirements of proof of work because employers fear they will be fined; and
WHEREAS, Thousands of undocumented and uninsured essential workers, seniors and those with underlying conditions have tried to register and can't meet requirements only to be rejected; and
WHEREAS, thousands of undocumented essential workers have worked, contracted COVID, died, and survived throughout this pandemic while they did not qualify for unemployment, stimulus or resources to quarantine when sick, and deserve and need the vaccine to survive and to stop the spread; and
WHEREAS, The Critical Health Network Vaccination Coalition ("CHNVC") provided extensive testing, PPE, support of food, rent and utilities to thousands of people in the com...
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