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How California’s COVID-19 surge widens health inequalities for Black, Latino and low-income residents

  • Written by Andrea N. Polonijo, Medical Sociologist, University of California, Riverside
How California’s COVID-19 surge widens health inequalities for Black, Latino and low-income residentsReliance on public transit and front-line jobs puts low-income Californians at a higher risk of coming in contact with someone infected with the coronavirus.Mario Tama/Getty Images

California, once a national role model for slowing the coronavirus’s spread, has seen record numbers of infections, hospitalizations and deaths in recent days. The...

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