Medicine and history: a seemingly unlikely but necessary duo in understanding COVID-19 disparities
"Hispanic community makes up more than half of coronavirus cases in Southwest Michigan county" was the headline in the newspaper that caught my eye in August 2020 – that infamous year that the nation went into lockdown to prevent the…
“Hispanic community makes up more than half of coronavirus cases in Southwest Michigan county” was the headline in the newspaper that caught my eye in August 2020 – that infamous year that the nation went into lockdown to prevent the spread of what was still a new and emerging virus.
It shocked me to realize that only three counties west of my Southcentral Michigan home, Latinos were …
Medicine and history: a seemingly unlikely but necessary duo in understanding COVID-19 disparities
