6 Black Patients Who Died From Coronavirus — After Being Denied a Test!

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6 Black Patients Who Died From Coronavirus — After Being Denied a Test!

#2 – Gary Fowler: a 56-year old from Detroit who died at home from the virus.

CBS News reports that she was rushed to the hospital three different times and was denied a test each and every time.

#5 – Deborah Gatewood: a 63-year old from Detroit who died from the virus just two weeks after testing positive.

He himself was not denied a test, but prior to him feeling sick, his mom began to show the symptoms of the virus and was denied a test.

Had she been given a test, she would have been in the hospital and would not have exposed her son to the virus.

Source: The Black Chronicle

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