Disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on immigrant communities in the United States
Disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on immigrant communities in the United States
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DOI：
10.1371/journal.pntd.0008484
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发表时间：
2020-07-01
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Weatherhead, Jill
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作者：
Clark, Eva;Fredricks, Karla;Weatherhead, Jill
2020年初，一种新型冠状病毒（SARS-CoV-2）开始在全球社区蔓延，导致自1918年以来从未见过的大流行。在美国，虽然SARS-CoV-2引起的疾病COVID-19最初影响了国际旅行者及其密切接触者，但它现在正在肆虐许多弱势社区。与过去的大流行一样，社会和经济决定因素将强烈影响COVID-19的易感性和健康结果;因此，可以预见，低收入和脆弱的美国人口将受到不成比例的影响。某些“热点”已经显示出少数群体，特别是贫困社区的少数群体中COVID 19相关死亡率很高，这可能是由于不平等的社会经济因素和无法及时获得医疗保健导致的共病患病率增加[1-5]。我们可以预期在其他弱势群体中也会出现类似的结果，特别是在移民社区，这些社区具有类似的社会经济地位和合并症率。目前有超过4670万移民居住在美国，其中1100万无证[6]，因此有必要从社会经济角度来看待美国移民社区内正在发生的COVID-19大流行。在此，我们将重点关注COVID-19对美国移民社区的潜在影响，尤其是德克萨斯州的移民社区。
In early 2020, a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) began to trickle through global communities, resulting in a pandemic of proportions not seen since 1918. In the US, while the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, initially affected international travelers and their close contacts, it is now ravaging many disadvantaged communities. As in past pandemics, social and economic determinants will strongly influence susceptibility to and health outcomes of COVID-19; thus, it is predictable that low-income and vulnerable US populations will be disproportionately affected. Certain "hot spots" have already demonstrated high rates of COVID19-related mortality in minority populations, particularly those of impoverished communities, likely due to increased prevalence of comorbid conditions as a result of unequal socioeconomic factors and inadequate access to timely healthcare [1-5]. We can anticipate similar outcomes in other vulnerable populations, particularly in immigrant communities, which have similar socioeconomic status and rates of comorbidities. With over 46.7 million immigrants currently living in the US, of which 11 million are undocumented [6], a socioeconomic perspective of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic within the US immigrant community is necessary. Here, we will focus on the potential impact of COVID-19 on immigrant communities in the US, particularly those in Texas.