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Editor’s note: This conversation originally aired on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. A shortened version was replayed on March 18. This is the full, unedited version. 

Several of America’s deadliest days of the pandemic happened this year. Within the first two weeks of 2021, there were three separate days in which 

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 is especially alarming for people of color, who have been hit disproportionately hard. Pacific Islander, Latino, Black and Indigenous Americans die from COVID-19 at a rate that is at least twice as high as white and Asian Americans, according to the most recent 

Two physicians joined MPR News host Kerri Miller for a conversation about the structural issues that exacerbate racial disparities in medicine as well as solutions for closing those gaps. 

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Two physicians spoke about structural issues that exacerbate racial disparities as well as solutions for closing the gaps.

As America’s COVID-19 death toll surges, racial health disparities remain persistent. Two physicians spoke with MPR News host Kerri Miller about structural issues that exacerbate racial disparities as well as solutions for closing the gaps.

Rebroadcast: 2 doctors discuss the racial health disparities apparent in the pandemic

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