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COVIDcast: Special Populations (Homeless / Racial Disparities / Healthcare workers)

2020/4/17
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FOAMcast - An Emergency Medicine Podcast

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We interrupt our normal FOAMcast episodes to bring you updates from COVID-19, as literature develops. *Things change frequently and this may be out of date in days/weeks. So, check back for updates/fact check what you hear*

In this episode, we discuss special populations including

  • Homeless individuals - Baggett et al) 
  • Racial disparities - African-Americans / Blacks disproportionately contracting SARS-CoV-2 and dying Yancy CW)
  • Healthcare workers with COVID-19 Heinzerling et al (CDC)) and MMWR) and Ng et al)

Show notes: FOAMcast.org)

Thanks for listening, Lauren Westafer and Jeremy Faust

*Recorded 4.17.20