Racial disparities of COVID-19

<p>"Some media outlets and public figures have heralded the ongoing pandemic as a great equalizer, referencing the pathogen’s indiscriminate spread and disregard for national borders and tax brackets.</p> <p>The sobering mortality statistics, however, dispense any notion of an equal-opportunity crisis, revealing a familiar theme among public health challenges in America: significant racial disparities exist, and communities of color are disproportionately affected."</p> <p><a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/ritodhi-chatterjee-b68b0155/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ritodhi Chatterjee</a> is a medical student.</p> <p>He shares his story and discusses his KevinMD article, "COVID is not a great equalizer." (<a href= "https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2020/05/covid-is-not-a-great-equalizer.html">https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2020/05/covid-is-not-a-great-equalizer.html</a>)</p>