Agricultural workers in meatpacking plants presenting to an emergency department with suspected COVID-19 infection are disproportionately Black and Hispanic.

Hans R HouseJ Priyanka VakkalankaNathan G BehrensJessica De HaanChristopher R HalburElaine M HarringtonPooja H PatelLulua RawwasCarlos Arturo Camargo Jeffrey A Kline

Published in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2021)

Workers in meatpacking plants in Iowa had a higher rate of testing positive for COVID-19 but were not more likely to be hospitalized for their illness. These patients were disproportionately Black and Hispanic.

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