Ethnicity and COVID-19: an urgent public health research priority

As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues advancing globally, reporting of clinical outcomes and risk factors for intensive care unit admission and mortality are emerging. Early Chinese and Italian reports associated increasing age, male sex, smoking, and cardiometabolic comorbidity with adverse outcomes.1Wu Z McGoogan JM Characteristics of and Important Lessons From the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak in China:...