OHIO VALLEY RESOURCE: Coal and COVID-19: Lung Impairment Makes Miners Especially Vulnerable To Coronavirus

ACLC’S Black Lung Organizer, Courtney Rhoades, was recently interviewed for an article describing the difficulty many miners with black lung disease face during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“In Letcher County, Courtney Rhoades, a black lung association organizer with the Appalachian Citizens’ Law Center, has set up a phone tree to reach out to disabled miners. ‘We’ve been getting a lot of calls from people who are really struggling with food, so we’ve been trying to get them set up with Meals on Wheels and things like that.’”

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