Publications by authors named "John Tomas Risos"
Article Synopsis
- The study examines the impact of COVID-19 disparities, focusing on how exposure and vaccination rates affect infection and mortality patterns among different racial and socioeconomic groups in San Francisco.
- It involved testing 1,014 individuals using two assays to assess prior infections and vaccination during the early rollout of vaccines, revealing that Hispanic/Latinx residents had a significantly higher infection risk compared to White residents.
- Findings indicate that wealthier neighborhoods experienced better vaccination rates and lower infection probabilities, highlighting the need for ongoing efforts to achieve equity in pandemic response.
Background: As COVID-19 vaccines continue to be rolled-out, the "double burden" of health disparities in both exposure to infection and vaccination coverage intersect to determine the current and future patterns of infection, immunity, and mortality. Serology provides a unique opportunity to measure biomarkers of infection and vaccination simultaneously, and to relate these metrics to demographic and geographic factors.
Methods: Leveraging algorithmically selected residual serum samples from two hospital networks in San Francisco, we sampled 1014 individuals during February 2021, capturing transmission during the first 11 months of the epidemic and the early roll out of vaccination.