Coronavirus Research: COVID-19 and Social Justice

The following resources shed light on the social injustice surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic (listed from most recent to oldest):

• Why the Virus is a Civil Rights Issue: 'The Pain Will Not Be Shared Equally' - Audra D.S. Burch, The New York Times (April 19, 2020)
• Hospitalization Rates and Characteristics of Patients Hospitalized with Laboratory-Confirmed Coronavirus Disease 2019 — COVID-NET, 14 States, March 1–30, 2020 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (April 17, 2020)
• New Survey Highlights Racial Disparities In The Coronavirus Pandemic - National Public Radio (April 14, 2020)
• The coronavirus is infecting and killing black Americans at an alarmingly high rate - Reis Thebault, Andrew Ba Tran and Vanessa Williams, The Washington Post (April 7, 2020)
• Asian Americans report rise in racist attacks amid pandemic - PBS News Hour (April 1, 2020)
• When Xenophobia Spreads Like a Virus - National Public Radio (March 4, 2020)
• The coronavirus reawakens old racist tropes against Chinese people - The Washington Post (February 5, 2020)

Below are a few selected resources to help identify and combat racism and microaggressions related to COVID-19: