CDC study indicates race a factor in Atlanta's COVID-19 hospitalizations
Black COVID-19 patients were more likely to be hospitalized than white patients in a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study released yesterday that looked at cases in metropolitan Atlanta.
The authors noted a host of independent characteristics that also contributed to hospitalizations, such as being over age 65, male, obese, having diabetes, smoking or lacking health insurance. Race was not cited for higher death rates in this study.
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