id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-302431-13hperkz Blanchard, Janice For us, COVID‐19 is personal 2020-05-17 .txt text/plain 1260 85 63 As Black physicians working in urban America, we do not find the recent deluge of news reports chronicling the disproportionate effect that the coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) pandemic is having on the disenfranchised and minority populations in our country shocking. As Black physicians working in urban America, we do not find the recent deluge of news reports chronicling the disproportionate effect that the coronavirus disease pandemic is having on the disenfranchised and minority populations in our country shocking. For example, appropriate as they are, social distancing mandates and increased testing for COVID-19 will not yield the expected outcomes if we do not make tangible efforts to address the clear patterns in racial disparities that have emerged. 8 COVID-19 has highlighted many of the social disparities that exist for communities of color. 9 It is time that we address the social issues that lead to the alarming rates of COVID-19 in our communities. ./cache/cord-302431-13hperkz.txt ./txt/cord-302431-13hperkz.txt