COVID-19 Impact on Diverse Communities

Local Equity Resources and Information

• MGH Disparities Solution Center: Equity in the COVID-19 Response
• Mass General Brigham Equity and Community Health COVID Response Team
• Social Determinants of Health Local Resource Availability Brigham CCHHE/Medicaid Social Care Team
• Suffolk County COVID-19 Resource Guide
• Community Action Network Wellness Resources for Sheltering in Place

Equity Impacts of COVID19 Pandemic

• Black People Are Not to Blame for Dying of COVID-19 Ibram X. Kendi, The Atlantic, April 14, 2020
• Wearing a mask won't protect us from our history Burnell Cotlon, Owner of Burnell's Market in New Orleans, Washington Post, April 11, 2020
• What is Driving Racial/Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality? Monica Wang, BUSPH
• Opinion: Defeating the Pandemic Means Confronting Ageism and Ableism Aston Applewhite, Next Avenue
• Opinion: Poor, Older Black Americans are an Afterthought in the COVID19 Crisis Christina N. Harrington, Next Avenue
• Ten Equity Considerations of the COVID19 Outbreak in the US
• Black Americans Face Alarming Rates of Coronavirus Infection in Some States NY Times, April 7, 2020 (PDF)
• How Racial Health Disparities Will Pay Out in the Pandemic Interview with Dr Uche Blackstock, March 30, 2020
• As Coronavirus Deepens Inequality, Inequality Worsens Its Spread NY Times Interpreter, March 16, 2020

Responding to Racism and Inequities

• COVID19 - Racial Equity and Social Justice Resources Racial Equity Tools
• How to Respond to Coronavirus Racism Teaching Tolerance, March 20, 2020