Authored by Sandro Galea and Neil Schluger
”Do you want to know your chance of surviving an episode of coronavirus infection? Check the median income of people living in your county. The coronavirus epidemic is providing a dramatic example of the devastation that serious infectious diseases can wreak on large urban populations. Our medical systems are overwhelmed with the sick and dying. As more and more data become available however it becomes clearer that what is really happening is an epidemic of a serious infection layered on top of health disparities that mirror structural inequalities in our society. The consequences of this epidemic are bad for all, but devastating for the poor. We spent recent weeks looking at patients who presented at the Columbia Presbyterian ICU. They painted a striking picture of these health disparities.”
Read the full piece on Psychology Today.