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cord-311423-8yvu9xhw	Betson, D. N.	Disproportionate COVID-19 Related Mortality Amongst African Americans in Four Southern States in the United States	2020-06-12		.txt	text/plain	1660	89	47	Methodology This short communication queried the publicly available Department of Health statistics on COVID-19 related mortality and underlying health conditions in four southern states (Alabama [AL], Georgia [GA], Louisiana [LA] and Mississippi [MS]) with a high proportion of African American residents. Second, unacast COVID-19 toolkit was used to derive a social distancing (SD) grade for any given state, based on three different metrics: (i) percent change in average distance travelled (ii) percent change in non-essential visits and (iii) decrease in human encounters (compared to national baseline). Second, unacast COVID-19 toolkit was used to derive a social distancing (SD) grade for any given state, based on three different metrics: (i) percent change in average distance travelled (ii) percent change in nonessential visits and (iii) decrease in human encounters (compared to national baseline). We queried the publicly available Department of Health (DOH) statistics on COVID-19 related mortality in four southern states (Alabama [AL], Georgia [GA], Louisiana [LA] and Mississippi [MS]) with a high proportion of African American residents.	./cache/cord-311423-8yvu9xhw.txt	./txt/cord-311423-8yvu9xhw.txt