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The Unsurprising Surprise of Social Determinants in COVID-19 Mortality

Health Populi

“There are places where you pay a price in the loss of life because of your address,” Dr. Anthony Iton wrote back in 2008 when he was health director of Alameda County, California. Dr. Iton may have been the first person to coin the phrase about our ZIP codes pre-determining our health outcomes.

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