patients are Black, African Americans constitute just 13 percent of the entire American population. Early data released by States and municipalities show that African Americans suffer higher mortality rates from COVID–19. Socioeconomic factors further contribute to racial disparities seen in both prevalence of chronic conditions and exposure to COVID–19. Individuals in low-income communities and people of color are more likely to have many of the chronic health conditions that have been identified as risk factors for complications from COVID–19, yet suffer decreased access to care, compounded by a decreased likelihood of undergoing appropriate treatment. (4) According to the American Diabetes Association, 12.1 percent of Hispanic Americans, 12.7 percent of African Americans, 8 percent of Asian Americans, and 15.1 percent of American Indians/Alaska Natives have been diagnosed with diabetes, compared to just 7.4 percent of White Americans. The CDC calculated that compared to non-Hispanic Whites, Hispanics are 40 percent more likely to die from diabetes, African Americans are twice as likely to die from diabetes, and American Indians/Alaska Natives are almost twice as likely to die from the disease. (5) According to the National Institutes of Health, African Americans are more than 30 percent more likely to die from heart disease, are twice as likely to have a stroke—which tends to be more severe with a higher morbidity and results in higher mortality, are 40 percent more likely to have high blood pressure, and have a higher rate of hypertension and heart failure than their White counterparts. (6) Minority groups suffer from asthma at a disproportionate rate, have the highest number of emergency room visits and hospital stays due to asthma, and have higher mortality rates from asthma than their White counterparts. The prevalence of childhood asthma for African Americans is 12.7 percent compared to 8 percent for White Americans, while mortality rates in children and adults are eightfold and threefold higher,