Why more coronavirus testing won’t automatically help the hardest hit

Why more coronavirus testing won’t automatically help the hardest hit

Correcting coronavirus disparities

Black Americans are dying of COVID-19 at more than twice the rate of white, Asian or Latino Americans. Nature spoke to Noha Aboelata, a doctor whose non-profit organization serves people affected by systemic inequity and poverty, about what it takes to correct disparities in this pandemic. “There’s a concern about outsiders coming in and taking biological material,” says Aboelata. “That’s especially true when we’re in an emergency situation where regulations are being relaxed— for good reason. But we do worry about what openings that will create.”
Nature | 4 min