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Editor, Senior Moderator
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2020 May 7. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0391. [Epub ahead of print]
Structural Vulnerability in the United States Revealed in Three Waves of Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
Solis J[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Franco-Paredes C[SUP]3,[/SUP][SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Henao-Mart?nez AF[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Krsak M[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Zimmer SM[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP].
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Abstract
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has unveiled underlying health inequities throughout the United States. The pandemic has spread across U.S. states, affecting different vulnerable populations, including both inner-city and rural populations, and those living in congregate settings such as nursing homes and assisted-living facilities. In addition, since early April, there has been an increasing number of outbreaks of COVID-19 in jails and prisons. We describe three overlapping epidemiologic waves of spread of COVID-19 linked to three different kinds of structural vulnerabilities.
PMID:32383432DOI:10.4269/ajtmh.20-0391
Structural Vulnerability in the United States Revealed in Three Waves of Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
Solis J[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Franco-Paredes C[SUP]3,[/SUP][SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Henao-Mart?nez AF[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Krsak M[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Zimmer SM[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP].
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Abstract
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has unveiled underlying health inequities throughout the United States. The pandemic has spread across U.S. states, affecting different vulnerable populations, including both inner-city and rural populations, and those living in congregate settings such as nursing homes and assisted-living facilities. In addition, since early April, there has been an increasing number of outbreaks of COVID-19 in jails and prisons. We describe three overlapping epidemiologic waves of spread of COVID-19 linked to three different kinds of structural vulnerabilities.
PMID:32383432DOI:10.4269/ajtmh.20-0391