Abstract
This Viewpoint discusses the long history of racial inequities that cause black populations in US cities to bear a disproportionate burden of COVID-19 illness and mortality and calls for a renewed commitment to eliminating disparities that have been made so starkly visible by the pandemic.
Keywords
MedicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Pandemic2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)BetacoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsHealth equityRace (biology)RacismVirologyPublic healthOutbreakGender studiesDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)NursingPathology
MeSH Terms
Black or African AmericanBetacoronavirusCOVID-19ComorbidityCoronavirus InfectionsFemaleHealthcare DisparitiesHumansMalePandemicsPneumoniaViralRisk FactorsSARS-CoV-2Social Determinants of HealthUnited States
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- 2020
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 323
- Issue
- 19
- Pages
- 1891-1891
- Citations
- 2014
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- Closed
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Clyde W. Yancy
(2020).
COVID-19 and African Americans.
JAMA
, 323
(19)
, 1891-1891.
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.6548
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- DOI
- 10.1001/jama.2020.6548
- PMID
- 32293639