Health Equity

Richer, whiter Bay Area cities got coronavirus testing quickly. Low-income areas didn’t

Abstract: Access to testing grew faster in wealthier, whiter cities than in communities of color where the coronavirus was spreading fastest, a Chronicle analysis has found.

Publication: San Francisco Chronicle

Date Published: July 26, 2020

Author(s): Cynthia Dizikes and Joaquin Palomino

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