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The study, released Friday in the federal institute's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, drew data from the 2017 to 2019 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), which showed that members of sexual minority groups were more prone to risk factors that led to worse outcomes from contracting the novel coronavirus.
These risk factors include asthma, stroke, kidney disease, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, obesity, smoking, diabetes, and hypertension.
Additionally, studies show LGBTQ+ people, like other marginalized groups, face greater risks of unemployment and housing discrimination, higher rates of substance abuse, and greater obstacles to medical care access, which all lead to poorer health outcomes. LGBTQ+ Americans are also more likely than others to work in industries affected by the crisis
Yet again our underserved population suffers. The good news is that President Biden is not “President” tRump.
We no longer need to worry about being used for political gain, not having money spent on our population due to homophobia, etc. Our current president address reality, not the political spin that he thinks he can gather.
If you have never read MMWR I strongly suggest that you read it. I started while doing my postdoctoral fellowship in public health and have learned a lot from the work. You can, and I think *should* read the actual MMWR report here.
I just hope it is not too late for me and our fellow minority groups adversely impacted by COVID-19 to get the help we need and turn the numbers around.