April 15, 2020

COVID-19 and African Americans

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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.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a03bfebd2c35e4200e96b1d — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.6548

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Clyde W. Yancy

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JAMA

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Northwestern University

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