Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic The Need for a Structurally Competent Health Care System

"COVID-19 is a disease of communities and networks, a pathogen that floats along the infrastructures of human relations. Only by better strengthening networks and supporting all communities will anyone, and everyone, return to well-being." Jonathan Metzl, MD, PhD, Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Medicine, Health, and Society stated in his recent publication