An Equal-Opportunity Virus in a Nation of Inequity
April 9, 2020
Robin Evans-Agnew and co-authors argue that the crisis in U.S. public health long pre-dates COVID-19, and that our already-marginalized communities will bear the brunt of the pandemic.
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