Racial Disparities In The COVID-19 Pandemic In The United States
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unequal impact on different Race and ethnicity in the United States, racial and ethnic groups in the United States, resulting in new Health disparities in the United States, disparities of health outcomes as well as exacerbating existing health and economic inequality, economic disparities. The COVID-19 pandemic, pandemic struck the United States in March 2020, causing almost 2 million known cases by June 1, 2020. During that initial wave, known cases were more than twice as common among African Americans, Black Americans (62 cases per 10,000) and over three times as common among Latino Americans (73 cases per 10,000) as among White Americans (23 cases per 10,000). In the US, minority groups were disproportionately impacted by the health and economic consequences of the pandemic. Non-Hispanic Black Americans and Hispanic/Latinx Americans have been hospitalized at 4.7 times the rate of White Americans, while non-Hispanic Native Americans in the Unite ...
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COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identified in an outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019. Attempts to contain it there failed, allowing the virus to spread to other areas of Asia and later worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern on 30 January 2020, and a pandemic on 11 March 2020. As of , the pandemic had caused more than cases and confirmed deaths, making it one of the deadliest in history. COVID-19 symptoms range from undetectable to deadly, but most commonly include fever, dry cough, and fatigue. Severe illness is more likely in elderly patients and those with certain underlying medical conditions. COVID-19 transmits when people breathe in air contaminated by droplets and ...
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