'Don't ignore the Bame community Covid data'

The focus on genetics and vitamin D levels can distract from the key underlying issues with important lessons to better support our Bame community.

Poor health outcomes for Bame communities need to be unpacked across all health areas to create better public health outcomes.

Health inequalities are a major factor in high Bame Covid cases. We need to find out about the social disparities are linked to chronic health conditions associated with a higher risk of death.

Early on the pandemic, it became clear that Bame community has a greater risk of dying from Covid-19 than white people.

The impact on the Bame community can be social factors such as them being more likely to work face-to-face jobs or more likely to live in multigenerational households.

Besides, there is data to suggest that their finances have suffered more than those of white Britons because of the coronavirus pandemic.

A third of Bame people noted the financial impact of Covid on them.

How will the council protect young adults from Bame communities in the workforce? Bame people are more likely to live in socially deprived neighbourhoods which makes it difficult for them to access healthy food and green spaces or gyms to exercise in.

Young Bame people are greatly affected, financially and academically, especially young care leavers and young people with complex needs.

How will young adults’ renters from Bame backgrounds be affected? Brighton and Hove City Council can do more to support our local Bame community.

We need to bring the disproportionality of Covid-19 effects on Bame communities to the top of the local political agenda and address the systemic issue the led to it.

Bruno De Oliveira

Waterloo Street

Hove