The Fullest Look Yet at the Racial Inequity of Coronavirus - The New York Times

The Fullest Look Yet at the Racial Inequity of Coronavirus - The New York Times

COVID-19’s unequal toll in the United States

Data made available after The New York Times sued the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that Black and Latino people have been three times as likely to become infected as have white people. Information from 640,000 cases reveal how factors other than underlying health problems — such as access to health care, job security and the ability to work remotely — affect who gets COVID-19. “Some people have kind of waved away the disparities by saying, ‘Oh, that’s just underlying health conditions,’” says epidemiologist Jennifer Nuzzo. “That’s much harder to do with the case data.”

The New York Times | 13 min read