- *The way in which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report COVID-19 deaths may lead to an underestimation of racial and ethnic disparities, according to a new study.* - *The authors say that the CDC use a statistical method called “weighting” that discounts the impact of the uneven geographical distribution of COVID-19 deaths in the United States among various racial and ethnic groups.* - *They argue that this approach fails to take into account the range of factors that influence where people live and work.* - *This is important because these factors may also influence the risk of COVID-19.*
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