Disparities and Discrimination in the COVID Era (Part 1 of 2)

Resources discussed in today’s episode:

1. Stokes, E. K., Zambrano, L. D., Anderson, K. N., et al. (2020). Coronavirus disease 2019 case surveillance -United States, January 22-May 30, 2020. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 69(24), 759-765. Accessed at https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6924e2.htm#suggestedcitation

2. CDC Provisional COVID-19 Death Counts by Sex, Age, and State: https://data.cdc.gov/NCHS/Provisional-COVID-19-Death-Counts-by-Sex-Age-and-S/9bhg-hcku

3. COVID in United States Nursing Homes:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-nursing-homes.html

https://www.aarp.org/caregiving/health/info-2020/coronavirus-nursing-home-cases-deaths.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/podcast/into-america/tracking-coronavirus-nursing-homes-n1207296

4. CMS COVID-19 Nursing Home Data: https://data.cms.gov/stories/s/COVID-19-Nursing-Home-Data/bkwz-xpvg

5. Mueller, A. L., McNamara, M. S., & Sinclair, D. A. (2020). Why does COVID-19 disproportionately affect older people?. Aging, 12(10).

6. APA on Ageism and COVID-19: https://www.apa.org/topics/covid-19/research-ageism

7. Ageism in the media:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-lt-gov-dan-patrick-suggests-he-other-seniors-willing-n1167341

Twitter #boomerremover: https://twitter.com/hashtag/boomerremover?lang=en

Older adults and COVID-19 vaccine trials: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/19/health/vaccine-trials-elderly.html

https://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2020/06/25/covid-19-coronavirus-ageism

8. University of California San Francisco’s Geriatrics Department of Medicine “Resources for Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic”: https://geriatrics.ucsf.edu/patient-care/covid-19/resources-older-adults-during-covid-19-pandemic