Oprah stresses seriousness of coronavirus for the black community: 'It's taking us out.'
Winfrey previously discussed the seriousness of the coronavirus in an episode on Apple TV+ with British actor, who was one of the first celebrities to reveal he had been diagnosed with it last month.
In addition to the African American doctors and nurses working on the front lines to fight coronavirus, many African Americans have service jobs like grocery workers, bus drivers and pharmacy employees that prevent them from staying home and expose them to the virus., an African American bus driver from Detroit, died from coronavirus two weeks after posting a video complaining about a passenger who he said refused to cover her mouth while coughing.
"We as a people, as African Americans, have jobs that require us to be at work," Winfrey said."For so many African Americans, there isn't this ability to telecommute." Winfrey has also announced she is donating $10 million to help the African American community combat coronavirus. She is collaborating with black ministers in Nashville, Tennessee, and also working with community leaders in Chicago and Milwaukee.
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