Wiemers examines vulnerability to COVID-19 complications in new study

Disparities in vulnerability to complications from COVID-19 arising from disparities in preexisting conditions in the United States

Emily E. Wiemers, Scott Abrahams, Marwa AlFakhri, V. Joseph Hotz, Robert F. Schoeni & Judith A. Seltzer

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, December 2020

Emily Wiemers

Public Administration & International Affairs Department

COVID-19

State & Local

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Emily Wiemers

"Disparities in vulnerability to complications from COVID-19 arising from disparities in preexisting conditions in the United States," co-authored by Associate Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs Emily Wiemers, was published in Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. Using a model validated on COVID-19 hospitalizations, the authors show large disparities across education and income in the prevalence of conditions associated with adverse outcomes, and in the overall risk of severe complications. These disparities emerge early in life, prior to age 65. 12/16/20