COVID-19 Update: May 30, 2020, with Dr Leana Wen, Dr Seema Yasmin, and Dr. Neil Skolnik.

This week special guest Dr. Seema Yasmin (@DoctorYasmin) joins Dr. Leana Wen (@DrLeanaWen) and Moderator Dr. Neil Skolnik (@NeilSkolnik) for the Update.  Dr Wen provides a  public health update and presents four concepts for evaluating your risk of infection as practices reopen their doors. Dr Yasmin Dr. Yasmin's focuses on racial disparities in health care and the impact on  COVID-19 patients and practice. This NACE COVID-19 Update was recorded live during the Emerging Challenges in Primary Care May 30, 2020 virtual symposium.

Be sure to read Dr Wen's and Dr Yasmin recent articles listed in the References at the end of this summary.

Faculty
Neil Skolnik, MD
Professor of Family and Community Medicine Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA

Leana S. Wen, MD, MSc
Visiting Professor, Health Policy and Management
Distinguished Fellow, Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity
George Washington University School of Public Health
Washington, DC

Seema Yasmin, MD
Director, Stanford Health Communication Initiative
Clinical Assistant Professor, Stanford University
School of Medicine
Stanford, CA

This activity is not certified for CME/CE credit.

References

1. APM Research Lab Staff. THE COLOR OF CORONAVIRUS:COVID-19 Deaths by race and ethnicity in the U.S., May 27, 2020 APM Research Lab.
2. Braun L. Breathing race into the machine: the surprising career of the spirometer from plantation to genetics. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2014.
3. Chowkwanyun, Merlin,Reed, Adolph L. Racial Health Disparities and Covid-19 — Caution and Context. New England Journal of Medicine, May 6, 2020. 
4. Edwards, Erika. African Americans 'disproportionately affected' by coronavirus, CDC report finds. NBC News, April 8 2020. 
5. Geronimus AT, Hicken M, Keene D, Bound J. "Weathering" and age patterns of allostatic load scores among blacks and whites in the United States. Am J Public Health. 2006;96(5):826‐833. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2004.060749
6. Molina N. Fit to be citizens? Public health and race in Los Angeles, 1879-1939. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006.
7. Roberts SK. Infectious fear: politics, disease, and the health effects of segregation. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2009.
8. Strings, S. It's Not Obesity, It's SlaveryThe New York Times, May 25, 2020
9. Wen, Leana S.  Four concepts to assess your personal risk as the U.S, . 
10. Wen, Leana S, 100,000 deaths later, there are no more excuses, The Washington Post, May 21, 2020. 
11. Yasmin, Seema,

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