The Coronavirus Pandemic: Health Inequities and Vulnerable Communities

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit underserved populations and communities of color particularly hard, exacerbating longstanding health disparities in the U.S. In this Facebook Live Q&A, Dr. Mary Bassett, Director of the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University and Former Commissioner of Health for New York City, unpacked COVID-19 and health inequities based on geography, income, race and occupation. In addition, she discussed an urgent need for data. The World’s Elana Gordon moderated.

Presented jointly by The Forum at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and The World from PRX & WGBH on April 28, 2020.