COVID-19 and the other pandemic: populations made vulnerable by systemic inequity

Darrell M Gray 2nd; Adjoa Anyane-Yeboa; Sophie Balzora; Rachel B Issaka; Folasade P May

doi:10.1038/s41575-020-0330-8

COVID-19 and the other pandemic: populations made vulnerable by systemic inequity

Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 Sep;17(9):520-522. doi: 10.1038/s41575-020-0330-8.

Authors

Darrell M Gray 2nd^{1

2}, Adjoa Anyane-Yeboa³, Sophie Balzora⁴, Rachel B Issaka^{5

6}, Folasade P May^{7

8}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA. darrell.gray@osumc.edu.
² The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA. darrell.gray@osumc.edu.
³ Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA.
⁵ Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁶ Division of Gastroenterology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁷ Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁸ Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Abstract

Greater than the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis, systemic inequity in social determinants of health is the pandemic that has long fostered vulnerability to disease and poor health outcomes in the USA. Our response has major implications for the health of our nations.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Review

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Humans
Pandemics*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
SARS-CoV-2
Socioeconomic Factors
Vulnerable Populations / statistics & numerical data*

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding