COVID-19 outcomes not consistently explained by race, social vulnerability

In a paper published in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, Professor Wendy Cho and colleagues studied the racial inequities in health care delivery and outcomes in the U.S.

"The big takeaway is that the racial health disparities that we see in the COVID-19 data are really a concern not just for minority populations in the U.S. but for everyone,” she said. “Pandemics highlight that our society is highly interconnected, so poor health outcomes for any group will have repercussions for the health of the general population.”

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