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Friday, June 11, 2021
Dear John,
Two papers further confirm COVID-19’s disproportionate burden on already disadvantaged populations.
The Disproportionate Burden Of COVID-19
Two papers in the June 2021 issue take a retrospective look at COVID-19
data. In the first, Wafa Tarazi and coauthors provide a comprehensive picture of COVID-19-related mortality among Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries through September 2020. They confirm the disproportionate effect of COVID-19 on older, non-White, and low-income beneficiaries, especially those residing in nursing homes. In the second, Marissa Reitsma and coauthors analyze community-level data on COVID-19 in California from March 22, 2020, through October 3, 2020. They found that among cases with known race and ethnicity, 70 percent were among Latinos, despite Latinos comprising 39 percent of the state’s population. In comparison, only 19 percent of cases were among White individuals compared to their 37 percent share of the state population. The authors also found that COVID-19 death rates for Latinos and Black individuals were more than 1.5 times higher than that for White individuals. Check out our COVID-19 Resource Center for all Health Affairs content about the pandemic. Today on Health Affairs Blog, Annie Andrews and Shannon Watts call for pediatricians to join the effort to reduce gun violence among children and teens through advocacy, counseling, and research. Elevating Voices: Pride Month: In a Health Affairs Blog post published last month, Meg Perret and coauthors discuss existing data that shows that trans and gender-expansive people are at increased risk of adverse COVID-19 health outcomes during the pandemic due to inequality, stigma, and structural violence.
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