Acknowledging Racial Bias in Covid-19 Monitoring Machines

The problem was known for years, people died, so why is change only happening now?

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In April 2020, Nurse Mary Agyeiwaa Agyapong suffered intense back pain, shortness of breath, and fatigue. She was pregnant at the time, regularly checked by her doctor but said that these symptoms were unusual. The 28-year-old…