COVID-19 Resources
TO PROTECT AMERICA’S VULNERABLE AGAINST COVID-19, EDUCATION AND ACCESS ARE KEY
The novel coronavirus has quickly evolved into the greatest public health crisis facing our nation.
CDC: Prevent Getting Sick
How to Protect Yourself & Others
JAMA: COVID-19 and African Americans
Racial disparity data on COVID-19
Partnership To Fight Chronic Disease: COVID-19 Infographic
Who’s at Risk and How to Prepare
CDC: What To Do If You Are Sick
Steps to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 if you are sick
CDC: Groups at a Higher Risk
Based on currently available information and clinical expertise, the following groups might be at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19.
Johns Hopkins University: The Unequal Cost of Social Distancing
Social distancing will save lives.(i) Its economic costs are staggering. While frustrating but manageable for many people(ii), the economic fallout of social distancing is brutal for the poorest, most vulnerable and marginalized members of our society. Even looking at the issue purely in terms of lives lost, injuries sustained, and lifelong psychological damage, there are tradeoffs that we feel have not been sufficiently acknowledged.
World Health Organization: COVID-19 Mythbusters
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public: Myth busters
Addressing Health Disparities & Policy Impacts of COVID-19 on Communities of Color with Kevin Kimble
Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease