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Researchers point to racism in algorithms as a partial cause of high disparities in access to COVID-19 testing and treatment.

07/27/2020

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Research scientists begin to ask if racism within artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms is part of what has led to the high disparities among access to testing sites and in COVID-19 transmission rates among Black and Native people in the U.S.

"If an underserved population lacks access to Covid-19 testing, then that population might look like it’s doing relatively well, even when it isn’t. This, in turn, may lead to fewer resources being allocated–and a delayed understanding of the full scope of the problem" (McCollum, 2020).