African Americans reflect on disproportionate impact from "surreal" COVID-19 pandemic

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African Americans reflect on disproportionate impact from "surreal" COVID-19 pandemic

STORY: African Americans reflect on disproportionate impact from "surreal" COVID-19 pandemic DATELINE: May 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:57 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): GREG POWERS, African American audio engineer 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): BREE HARFIELD, Resident of Beaumont, Mississippi 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): GREG POWERS, African American audio engineer STORYLINE: Twenty-seven months after confirming its first case of COVID-19 infection, the United States reached a soul-crushing milestone on Thursday, as its death toll crossed 1 million. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): GREG POWERS, African American audio engineer "It's definitely something that has been a different situation that we've all had to deal with. And it's almost, it is very surreal. It's very surreal that we are at this point where, you know, if I see somebody who's not wearing a mask to me, it's still a little alarming because I'm masked up everywhere I go." The number of lives lost to COVID-19 in the U

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