General

• SC COVID Data Resources:
  • January 23, 2020 -September 20, 2021
•  The Conversation: 
  • 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic – a retrospective in 7 charts

North Carolina

• North Carolina Medical Journal:
  • Innovations and Collaborations Born of Necessity During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Co-authored by task force member Dr. Michelle Laws: In the Path of the Storm: North Carolina’s Response to COVID-19’s Impact on Historically Marginalized Populations
  • Authored by task force member Cornell Wright: In Search of Equity
  • Authored by task force member Tracy Doaks: Digital Equity and High-Speed Health Born From the COVID-19 Crisis
• North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services:
  • COVID-19 Update (Presentation by Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy Cohen – August 11, 2020)
  • Historically Marginalized Populations Engagement Toolkit    
  • Annual Report to the North Carolina Medical Society (October 2020)
  • The COVID-19 Pandemic: North Carolina’s Response and the Behavioral Health Impacts (Presentation by Deputy Secretary Kody H. Kinsley – September 23, 2020)
• News & Observer:
  • People in redlined areas more vulnerable to COVID-19 (November 24, 2020) 
• WCNC Charlotte:
  • NC DHHS: You no longer need a doctor referral to get a COVID-19 test 

Worth a Listen

• A Playbook for Beating the Next Pandemic: Freakonomics, M.D.
  • Why Covid-19 caught us so unprepared and how we can make sure we’re ready for a future public-health crisis with former FDA director Scott Gottlieb.
• Essential: This American Life
  • The Pandemic forced jobs to change, but then the workers changed, too.

Worth a Read

• 'We never had a chance to take a breath': 8 nurses on latest COVID-19 surge
  • Kelly Gooch — Wednesday, September 1, 2021
• Which states had the best pandemic response?
  • Tucker Doherty, Victoria Guida, Bianca Quilantan and Gabriele Wanneh — October 2020
• Understanding Health Disparities Highlighted by the Coronavirus Pandemic in South Carolina
  • IMPH — December 2020