One reason why coronavirus hits black people the hardest

Toxic air can weaponize the coronavirus. Become a Video Lab member! Across the US, black people are dying from Covid-19 at disproportionately high rates. While there are many different factors at play behind the stark racial disparities — there’s one possible reason that’s been lurking in the air for decades: pollution. The long history of segregation and housing discrimination has long put black people at greater risk of living near chemical plants, factories and highways, expos