Location matters: Geographic disparities and impact of coronavirus disease 2019

Tina Q. Tan; Ravina Kullar; Talia H. Swartz; Trini A. Mathew; Damani A. Piggott; Vladimir Berthaud

doi:10.1093/infdis/jiaa583

Location matters: Geographic disparities and impact of coronavirus disease 2019

Tina Q. Tan, Ravina Kullar, Talia H. Swartz, Trini A. Mathew, Damani A. Piggott, Vladimir Berthaud

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Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in the United States has revealed major disparities in the access to testing and messaging about the pandemic based on the geographic location of individuals, particularly in communities of color, rural areas, and areas of low income. This geographic disparity, in addition to deeply rooted structural inequities, have posed additional challenges to adequately diagnose and provide care for individuals of all ages living in these settings. We describe the impact that COVID-19 has had on geographically disparate populations in the United States and share our recommendations on what might be done to ameliorate the current situation.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1951-1954
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume	222
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaa583
State	Published - Dec 15 2020

Keywords

COVID-19
Geographic disparity
Racial disparity
Rural settings
SARS-CoV2

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Immunology and Allergy
Infectious Diseases

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