Dear Black People: COVID-19 Can Kill

Coronavirus or Covid-19, or “rona” as some are calling it, will kill you. You may have seen some of the conspiracy theories, myths or outright lies floating around the internet stating that Black folks cannot get coronavirus. You may have the false belief that those with “melanin poppin’” cannot get this deadly virus, or, if they get it, will not die from it. Stop the madness. Actor Idris Elba, NBA stars on multiple teams and Black folks in your everyday life have it. You may have heard the sad case of retired nurse Pat Frieson, 61, who became the first casualty of the virus in Illinois. What looked like an asthma attack has now been classified as coronavirus. Frieson has a sister in the...