articleJAMAApr 15, 2020Closed access

COVID-19 and African Americans

Northwestern University

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Abstract

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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Keywords
  • Medicine
  • Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Pandemic
  • 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
  • Betacoronavirus
  • Coronavirus Infections
  • Health equity
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