Dead body with toe tag Unless 2020 sees 700,000 to 1 million excess white deaths, life expectancy for whites, even amid COVID-19, will remain higher than it has ever been for Blacks. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we've heard numerous reports about the disparities of its impact: the disease was hitting frontline and "essential" workers harder than other populations, and minority groups were more likely to suffer complications and death from the virus.

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Charles Toutant

Charles Toutant is a litigation writer for the New Jersey Law Journal.