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Swabbing the Urban Environment - A Pipeline for Sampling and Detection of SARS-CoV-2 From Environmental Reservoirs
Published on: April 9, 2021
Structurally vulnerable neighborhood environments and racial/ethnic COVID-19 inequities
Rachel L Berkowitz1,2, Xing Gao3, Eli K Michaels3
1Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley.
Abstract:
Preliminary evidence suggests that the experience of the novel coronavirus is not shared equally across geographic areas. Findings in the United States suggest that the burden of COVID-19 morbidity and mortality may be hardest felt in disadvantaged and racially segregated places. Deprived neighborhoods are disproportionately populated by people of color, the same populations that are becoming sicker and dying more often from COVID-19. This commentary examines how structurally vulnerable neighborhoods contribute to racial/ethnic inequities in SARS-COV-2 exposure and COVID-19 morbidity and mortality and considers opportunities to intervene through place-based initiatives and the implementation of a Health in All Policies strategy.
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