Harvard Researchers Find 'Inequality On Top Of Inequality' In COVID-19 Deaths
By studying the number of all current deaths compared to those in previous years, researchers have found that high-poverty, crowded areas where people of color live have been hard hit by the pandemic.
by James Doubek
May 22, 2020
2 minutes
Much is still unknown about the coronavirus, including a full picture of perhaps its most important impact: who it has killed.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that "current data suggest a disproportionate burden of illness and death among racial and ethnic minority groups." The, because not everyone who dies of COVID-19 is counted under that cause of death, among other reasons.
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