MedCity News October 27, 2020
Alyssa Jaffee

Even though Covid-19 is distinct from any health crisis the country has previously faced, assessing U.S. public health strategies during past crises can provide insight into what has contributed to a more or less equitable response.

The Covid-19 pandemic has swept across our nation and robbed the lives of over 200,000 individuals in the United States, with what feels like no end in sight. Infecting our universities, workplaces, and communities at mounting rates, not even the highest level of federal leadership has been spared. It is even more heartbreaking to know that minority communities have been among the hardest hit throughout the pandemic, bearing the highest burden of job loss, infection, and death.

Covid-19 has magnified systemic health inequities that...

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