Health Disparities During a Pandemic and the Reasons Behind Them
- Copyright
- 2020
- Published By
- A Medium Corporation
This article focuses on disparities in the US that the COVID-19 outbreak has brought to light. As shown by data recently released by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, people living in lower income communities are being infected and hospitalized at higher rates, and are more likely to end up in the ICU than wealthier patients.