A beloved 30-year-old middle school teacher from Brooklyn has died of COVID-19 following a month-long battle, after twice being turned away for testing before eventually being diagnosed with the virus.
Antibody testing can determine if a person’s blood shows signs of COVID-19 exposure.following a month-long battle, after twice being turned away for testing before eventually being diagnosed with the virus.
Rana Zoe Mungin, a 30-year-old teacher from Brooklyn, New York, is pictured during a trip to the Grand Canyon in Arizona in 2018.According to one of her friends, her condition was also dismissed as a"panic attack" by an EMT. Rana Zoe Mungin taught at Ascend Academy in East New York, Brooklyn, an area of New York City that's among the hardest-hit by the coronavirus pandemic, according to data from the state's health department.
"I'm heartbroken and don't know how to live in a world without Zoe. But I'm also angry. I'm angry that her students lost a wonderful and committed teacher, because representation matters," Maciel added. Rana Zoe Mungin, a 30-year-old teacher from Brooklyn, New York, is pictured with Nohemi Maciel during a trip to the Grand Canyon in Arizona in 2018.
Wellesley College President Dr. Paula Johnson, founder and former executive director of the Connors Center for Women's Health and Gender Biology as well as chief of the Division of Women's Health at Brigham and Women's Hospital, called the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on black and Latinx families is a"moral and systemic failure."
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