Europe doesn’t want to ‘see race’, but Covid is a rude awakening

The reluctance to record data along racial lines hinders efforts for a targeted approach in tackling the virus

19 November 2020 - 19:52 By Victoria Waldersee

Many European countries avoid breaking down data along racial or ethnic lines out of concern over privacy or discrimination, but Covid-19’s outsize impact on black and Asian people has exposed flaws in the approach, some scientists and activists say...

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