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Elise Myers
@elisemmyers
PhD Candidate @Columbia in Oceanography & Mathematical Biology; MIT 14; environmental & social justice advocate; she/her; co-chair @ColumbiaSoCA #BlackAFinSTEM
Apr 15, 2020 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
As has happened with respiratory disease before, #COVID19 /#SARSCoV2 is disproportionately impacting racial and ethnic minorities in the US. The same will be true for low income/socioeconomic status individuals. For more information, see my recent review: preprints.org/manuscript/202… This impact is due to higher rates of comorbidities, greater pollution exposure, fewer resources for avoiding/mitigating disease, racism in medical care, regularly experienced racism, increased exposure risk (pub transit, essential jobs, etc.), decreased healthcare access, & more