A recent report found that people of color were 2.5 times more likely to be policed and punished for violating COVID-19 orders than the white population.
The federal government’s lack of a cohesive response has forced states to adopt their own rules and create a patchwork system of “stay-at-home” orders and other public health measures.
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams said this week would be the "hardest and the saddest" for "most Americans' lives,” and went on to compare the upcoming period to the attacks on Pearl Harbor and 9/11.