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Why are black Americans likelier to die of COVID than Latinos?

9 August 2020

4:34 AM

9 August 2020

4:34 AM

Only part of the dramatic racial differences in age-adjusted COVID-19 death rates can be explained by racial differences. The remainder reflects a substantially lower black survival rate because, we are told, of poverty and inadequate access to healthcare. Once taking into account Latino outcomes, however, these factors alone are unlikely to explain the lower black survival rate. Why

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