OpinionAugust 26, 2021
How COVID, Inequality and Politics Make a Vicious Syndemic
Overlapping diseases and social conditions in the U.S. continue to dictate who is hurt most badly by the novel coronavirus
Stories by Clarence C. Gravlee
Clarence C. Gravlee is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Florida. His recent work challenges false assumptions about race, genes and COVID. It also outlines how systemic racism drives COVID inequities among racialized groups in the U.S. and examines the persistence of white supremacy in American medicine.