COViD-19: We're All in This Together - Some More Than Others

It has long been apparent that gross disparities exist in health care in the United States, and, indeed, other nations with fully developed economies. All kinds of markers point to these inequities, with measures such as overall life expectancy, hospitalization rates, premature mortality, adverse outcomes associated with medical and surgical treatment, infant mortality, and the impact of many significant disease types higher and more impactful among minority groups and those of the most modest economic means. This is not new. Are there pointers to what might underpin the disparities in outcomes among the different minority groups?