Opinion: How to help black Americans fight the virus

People with underlying medical conditions -- such as heart disease, diabetes and kidney disease -- are more likely to be hospitalized and die as a result of the virus. In the United States, these patients disproportionately include people of color. This horrifying reality, unfolding throughout the United States was, sadly, predictable. We need to act now to prevent staggering death rates from Covid-19 in black communities across America.