Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children in the United States

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on the world's population, with millions of deaths since the pandemic onset in late 2019.1 Children seem to be less affected by COVID-19 infection than adults, and their symptoms are mostly mild. However, SARS-CoV-2-related multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), a serious hyperinflammatory condition causing multisystem dysfunction, has affected more children than adults.2 Several studies have highlighted the racial and socioeconomic disparities of COVID-19 infection in adults,3 whereas fewer studies have reported that children of minorities are at a high risk of COVID-19 infection.