COVID-19 Pandemic: Disparate Health Impact on the Hispanic/Latinx Population in the United States.

Authors

Raul Macias Gil
Jasmine R Marcelin
Brenda Zuniga-Blanco
Carina Marquez
Trini Mathew, Beaumont Health
Damani A Piggott

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-13-2020

Publication Title

The Journal of infectious diseases

Abstract

In December 2019, a novel coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2, emerged in Wuhan, China, causing the coronavirus disease 2019 we now refer to as COVID-19. The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on 12 March 2020. In the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed preexisting social and health disparities among several historically vulnerable populations, with stark differences in the proportion of minority individuals diagnosed with and dying from COVID-19. In this article we will describe the emerging disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on the Hispanic/Latinx (henceforth: Hispanic or Latinx) community in the United States, discuss potential antecedents, and consider strategies to address the disparate impact of COVID-19 on this population.

Volume

222

Issue

10

First Page

1592

Last Page

1595

Recommended Citation

Macias Gil R, Marcelin JR, Zuniga-Blanco B, Marquez C, Mathew T, Piggott DA. COVID-19 Pandemic: Disparate Health Impact on the Hispanic/Latinx Population in the United States. J Infect Dis. 2020 Oct 13;222(10):1592-1595. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa474. PMID: 32729903; PMCID: PMC7454709.

DOI

10.1093/infdis/jiaa474

ISSN

1537-6613

PubMed ID

32729903