Why African Americans Are a Potential Target for COVID-19 Infection in the United States

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Jahromi, Alireza Hamidian [1 ]
Hamidianjahromi, Anahid [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Tennessee, Dept Plast Surg, Hlth Sci Ctr, 910 Madison Ave,Suite 315, Memphis, TN 38103 USA
[2] Jahrom Univ Med Sci, Jahrom, Iran
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coronavirus; COVID-19; African American; mortality; race; virus; minority; infectious disease;
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10.2196/19934
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R19 [保健组织与事业(卫生事业管理)];
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Since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak a pandemic, significant changes have occurred in the United States as the infection spread reached and passed its exponential phase. A stringent analysis of COVID-19 epidemiologic data requires time and would generally be expected to happen with significant delay after the exponential phase of the disease is over and when the focus of the health care system is diverted away from crisis management. Although much has been said about high-risk groups and the vulnerability of the elderly and patients with underlying comorbidities, the impact of race on the susceptibility of ethnic minorities living in indigent communities has not been discussed in detail worldwide and specifically in the United States. There are currently some data on disparities between African American and Caucasian populations for COVID-19 infection and mortality. While health care authorities are reorganizing resources and infrastructure to provide care for symptomatic COVID-19 patients, they should not shy away from protecting the general public as a whole and specifically the most vulnerable members of society, such as the elderly, ethnic minorities, and people with underlying comorbidities.
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