Authors:

  • Nancy Krieger

Excerpt

July 22, 2020, Video, "The coronavirus pandemic has exposed entrenched health inequities in the U.S. that are propelled by social structures and influenced by factors ranging from housing conditions to transportation options to quality food access. Black Americans are experiencing the highest overall COVID-19 mortality rate in America. And a recent analysis further confirmed the extent of such disparities -- with Black Americans, as well as Hispanics and Latinos, carrying a disproportionate burden of years of potential life lost due to the pandemic. One of the authors of that analysis, Harvard Chan Professor Nancy Krieger, took your questions about health inequities and the pandemic. "

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