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14.07.2020 | COVID-19 | Letter to the Editor
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Letter to the Editor in Response to: COVID-19: Magnifying the Effect of Health Disparities
verfasst von:
Mariela Martinez, M.D. M.S., Michael Silver, M.S., Ariel Schulman, M.D.
Erschienen in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Ausgabe 9/2020
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Excerpt
The recent article by Kim et al. highlighted the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic on lower income and racial minorities in the USA.
1 The authors discuss how greater co-morbidities, less access to medical care, and financial challenges markedly worsened the incidence and severity of COVID-19 in certain disadvantaged groups. Detailed racial data released by public agencies in New York further demonstrates the stark disparities of the pandemic. …