Abstract

  There is a disproportionate number of COVID-19 cases among Native Americans, including exposures, hospitalizations, and deaths. Due to substandard healthcare, housing, and poverty, American Indians and Alaska Natives have a higher number of pre-existing high-risk conditions to make them more susceptible to the coronavirus. Research shows the reason why and how improvements are necessary for collecting and reporting demographic data.

Keywords: COVID-19; DNA; RNA; Housing

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Citation

Citation: Phyllis M Weaver. “The Effects of COVID-19 on Native Americans”. Acta Scientific Pharmaceutical Sciences 5.2 (2021): 27-30.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2021 Phyllis M Weaver. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.