Study Confirms That Black People Are at Higher Risk for COVID-19, and Reveals That Affluent Whites Are Also at High Risk
This indicates that the impact of socioeconomic status on COVID-19 prevalence is race-specific, an insight that could help to guide efforts to overcome gaps in COVID-19 vaccine distribution.
- This indicates that the impact of socioeconomic status on COVID-19 prevalence is race-specific, an insight that could help to guide efforts to overcome gaps in COVID-19 vaccine distribution.
- View the full study here: https://academic.oup.com/jalm/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jalm/jfab059/6...
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S., racial disparities have been evident in both COVID-19 prevalence and access to pandemic-related healthcare services. - Racial and ethnic minority groups are disproportionately represented among COVID-19 cases, but are disproportionately underrepresented among those who've received the vaccine.
- "We show that in the early stage of the pandemic, two groups were more likely to test positive: 1) low [socioeconomic status] Blacks and 2) high [socioeconomic status] Whites.