If you weren't able to attend #PHS2020's keynote, read @PennLDI's coverage of @TrevonDLogan's talk here.

Thanks to everyone who joined us for #PHS2020, especially @TrevonDLogan, our presenters, our scientific committee, and organizers!

RT @michelleko2d: "Even in a pandemic, they can still find ways to kill Black men on the street. The pandemic has stopped a lot of things,….

.@TrevonDLogan: The continued role of bias in medical care, racist ideas about Black people, and general racialized treatment cannot be ignored #PHS2020.

RT @rohankhaz: "We cannot think that, magically with a vaccine, we are going to turn the lights on and have things go back to normal." . @T….

RT @rgupta729: So much to think about while listening to a stellar lineup of thinkers and researchers @PhsWorkshop @PennLDI. Floored by @Tr….

The policy response to the pandemic has been uneven. More than 75% of the meatpacking workers infected with #COVID19 were Black (19%) or Latinx (56%). We see assistance and household financial distress are unevenly distributed, Dr. Logan says #PHS2020.

RT @xcyale: Large and widening racial/ethnic gap in #COVID19 deaths (& death rate) per 100,000 people in America. h/t: @TrevonDLogan @PhsW….

Overall life expectancy at birth will decline by 1 year, and COVID19 will reduce Black life expectancy at birth by more than 2 years. “This widening of the life expectancy gap erases more than a decade of gains in relative life expectancy for Black Americans.” @TrevonDLogan.

RT @michelleko2d: 71% of Black Americans know someone hospitalized or died from COVID-19: "We are missing rituals of grief. of community,….

.@TrevonDLogan cites that Black people are more afraid of contracting #COVID19 than other groups (~65%), and Black people are also much more likely to know someone who has contracted COVID19 (~70%) #PHS2020.

We know #COVID19 is racially disproportionate, @TrevonDLogan says. Today, 1 in 875 Black Americans has died of the coronavirus, up from 1 in 1,000 in August. It’s the 3rd leading cause of death for Black Americans in 2020. #PHS2020.

We're honored to have @TrevonDLogan join us as our keynote speaker, talking with #PHS2020 about "The Shadow of the Past: Black Americans and #COVID19".

RT @Osea82: Thank you for the opportunity to present our recent work with @kellydhyde @silvia_saccardo and @SallySadoff ! Great comments.….

Lifting of strong eviction moratoriums was associated with significant increases in population mental distress, lifting of weak moratoriums was not. Increases may be larger among POC, though @LeifScience notes they were limited in power #PHS2020.

.@LeifScience presents on #COVID19 eviction moratoriums and population mental health. Leifheit cites that widespread unemployment brought on by COVID has left 30-40 million people behind on rent and at risk of eviction #PHS2020.

.@Osea82 et al find that declines in physical activity are a leading risk factor for depression during the pandemic. An intervention they tried substantially increased physical activity but did not improve mental health. Next steps: could longer/combined interventions work?.

.@Osea82 now shares about lifestyle and mental health disruptions during #COVID19. He finds at onset of pandemic, average steps decline from 9,400 to 4,600 steps per day, sleep increases by about 25-30 minutes/night, screen time more than doubles #PHS2020.

They found that curfew-induced decline in mobility substantially worsened mental health outcomes. Let's rethink how additional policy measures could mitigate mental burden of social isolation: on-the-ground local support for senior adults, telehealth services, health call centers.

How could restricted mobility affect mental health? Social + physical isolation, economic insecurity, household conflict potentially. Establishing a causal link is challenging because of reverse causality + many potential confounders that correlate with mobility, mental health.