Health Equity

A legacy of health disparities laid bare by COVID-19

Abstract: In early April, the U.S. surgeon general called COVID-19 "our Pearl Harbor moment, our 9/11 moment." But data from New York City suggested another analogy: It had become our Katrina moment.

Publication: Modern Healthcare

Date Published: April 20, 2020

Author(s): Bruce Siegel

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