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Author: Taylor Chin; Rebecca Kahn; Ruoran Li; Jarvis T. Chen; Nancy Krieger; Caroline O. Buckee; Satchit Balsari; Mathew V. Kiang
Title: U.S. county-level characteristics to inform equitable COVID-19 response
  • Document date: 2020_4_11
  • ID: 0z8x6v04_1
    Snippet: The spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 across the United States confirms that not all Americans are equally at risk of infection, severe disease, or mortality. Researchers have noted geographic disparities in critical medical resources, such as ventilators, hospital beds, and intensive care unit beds (1) (2) (3) (4) , which are important determinants of COVID-19 survival. Preliminary data from the epidemic in the US is exposing a convergence of d.....
    Document: The spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 across the United States confirms that not all Americans are equally at risk of infection, severe disease, or mortality. Researchers have noted geographic disparities in critical medical resources, such as ventilators, hospital beds, and intensive care unit beds (1) (2) (3) (4) , which are important determinants of COVID-19 survival. Preliminary data from the epidemic in the US is exposing a convergence of demographic and socioeconomic issues that make low-income communities and people of color more vulnerable than others. Reports from Detroit, Milwaukee, New Orleans, and Chicago suggest that blacks comprise a disproportionate proportion of COVID-19 cases and deaths relative to their share of the population (5, 6) .

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