The research of Silver Fern Board of Advisor, Gbenga Ogedegbe, MD, MPH, FACP, was featured by the New York Times in an article titled: Social Inequities Explain Racial Gaps in Pandemic, Studies Find. His research is providing essential and timely insights into the impact of social inequities on incidence rates and morbidity from COVID-19.
“Dr. Gbenga Ogedegbe conducted a study of coronavirus infections among Black and Hispanic patients. ‘We hear this all the time — “Blacks are more susceptible,”‘ he said. In fact, ‘it is all about the exposure.’”
Read the full piece, here: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/health/coronavirus-black-hispanic.html