Race, racism, and covid-19 in the US: lessons not learnt
Keisha Bentley-Edwards and colleagues argue that systemic racism and economic inequality are at the root of disparity in covid-19 outcomes and suggest how to distribute resources more equitably. The story of covid-19 in the United States is one of many systemic failures to protect its residents from preventable illness and death. Racist stereotypes about disease susceptibility1 were subsequently discredited by the data.2 Covid-19 brought the US to a sobering standoff with race, a social construct that through systemic racism materializes as disparate outcomes (box 1).3 Once testing became ava...
Source: bmj.com
