Of this cohort, nearly 100,000 people (4.7 percent) identified as front-line health-care workers.
Dr. Chan hopes this research will help push the health-care system in a better, more inclusive direction.
But our data suggests thats not the case.
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That number is 36.7 percent for health-care workers of color.
Because those health care workers are working in hospitals and other care configs which are less well resourced.
professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School
And as a result, may have less access to personal protective equipment.
Additionally, under-protected workers are more likely to be working in high-risk tweaks.
That, coupled with unreliable access to PPE leads to more cases among health-care workers of color.
Health-care workers of color are nearly 5 times more likely to test positive than the general public.
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Continuing this research will help make the health-care system equal for all.
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