Abstract / Description: 

There have been more than 1 million cases of COVID-19 in the U.S., leading to tens of thousands of deaths. Since the start of the pandemic, tens of millions have lost their jobs with many losing their health insurance too. 

The impact on the nation’s minorities has been particularly harsh. So severe, in fact, that one physician suggested in a JAMA Viewpoint essay that the enormity of the pandemic’s impact on African Americans and other racial and ethnic minorities may create the will that finally leads to meaningful action on health inequity.

“The U.S. has needed a trigger to fully address health care disparities; COVID-19 may be that bellwether event,” wrote AMA member Clyde Yancy, MD, Northwestern Medicine’s chief of cardiology and vice dean for diversity and inclusion at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.

Collection: 
eCardio Hub Collection
Category: 
COVID-19 Impact on Minority Health
Date: 
2020
Author: 
Andis Robeznieks