COVID-19 and African Americans

被引:1420
作者
Yancy, Clyde W. [1 ]
机构
[1] Northwestern Univ, Feinberg Sch Med, Dept Internal Med, Div Cardiol, Chicago, IL 60611 USA
来源
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION | 2020年 / 323卷 / 19期
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10.1001/jama.2020.6548
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
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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