<h1>Catastrophe emerging in D.C.</h1>

DC mayor: One in seven infected

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8187365/DC-Mayor-Muriel-Bowser-says-one-seven-Washington-residents-infected-COVID-19.html

Being a black middle-aged male may greatly increase chance of Covid death, as ProPublica has documented in Detroit.

Covid taking out blacks at high rate

https://www.propublica.org/article/early-data-shows-african-americans-have-contracted-and-died-of-coronavirus-at-an-alarming-rate

Obesity ramps up New Orleans death rate

https://news.trust.org/item/20200402171635-k0b4c
Like D.C., the New Orleans population is largely African American.

Not only is Washington about 90% black, but it has the nation's worst hospitals. Even its VA hospital gets low marks.

So a catastrophe is in the offing.