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The new coronavirus doesn’t discriminate. But physicians in public health and on the front lines say that in the response to the pandemic, they can already see the emergence of familiar patterns of racial and economic bias.
In one analysis, it appears doctors may be less likely to refer African Americans for testing when they show up for care with signs of infection.
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