Community members urged not to take COVID-19 lightly

It is ‘a nasty, relentless disease’

Some believe the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t being taken seriously enough by people of all ages, especially among Blacks. “We are still learning about COVID-19,” said Children’s Minnesota Infection Prevention Nurse Adriene Thornton. 

Black Minnesotans make up at least 21 percent of COVID cases, the highest of any ethnic group. Nationwide, Blacks are disproportionately dying of the disease at higher rates than others as…