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cord-034165-kf6a8hix	Mendenhall, Emily	The COVID-19 syndemic is not global: context matters	2020-10-22		.txt	text/plain	455	36	57	title: The COVID-19 syndemic is not global: context matters What is driving coronavirus to move through the population in the USA and interact with biological and social factors, however, differs from other contexts. US political failures have driven COVID-19 morbidity and mortality, and this cannot be divorced from our historical legacy of systemic racism 4 or our crisis of political leadership. 5 This matters because in other contexts COVID-19 is not syndemic. Recognising political determinants of health is central to the syndemic construct. By calling the COVID-19 syndemic global, we miss the point of the concept entirely. I do not write this to dampen Horton's use of the term, as I believe COVID-19 is syndemic in my country (the USA). Recognising failures of wealthy countries is imperative as we think about where global knowledge and power sit within fields like global health.	./cache/cord-034165-kf6a8hix.txt	./txt/cord-034165-kf6a8hix.txt