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Comment
. 2021 Jul;174(7):1012-1013.
doi: 10.7326/M21-1279. Epub 2021 Mar 30.

Injustice in Health: Now Is the Time to Change the Story

Gbenga Ogedegbe  1 , Sharon K Inouye  2
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Comment

Injustice in Health: Now Is the Time to Change the Story

Gbenga Ogedegbe et al. Ann Intern Med. 2021 Jul.

Abstract

Daily news headlines highlight the disproportionate effect of COVID-19 on minoritized communities, particularly those that are socioeconomically disadvantaged. Thus, the findings that Bilal and colleagues report are unsurprising. Yet, they provide a level of granularity that reveals a public health catastrophe in the making.

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