Aging and COVID-19 in Minority Populations: a Perfect Storm.
Tubanji WalubitaAriel BecciaEsther Boama-NyarkoMelissa GouldingCarly HerbertJessica KloppenburgGuadalupe MabryGrace MastersAsli McCullersSarah N ForresterPublished in: Current epidemiology reports (2021)
Current literature and available data suggests that aging minoritized persons experience high rates of COVID-19 morbidity and mortality. The current review hypothesizes and supports that observed disparities are the result of inequalities that especially affect Black and Hispanic populations over the lifecourse. Future efforts to address these disparities should emphasize research that supports governments in identifying at-risk groups, providing accessible COVID-19-related information to those groups, and implementing policy that addresses the structural and social inequities that perpetuate current COVID-19 disparities.