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 COVID-19 racial and ethnic health disparities  Preparedness and response interventions towards COVID-19 have been the goals of most individuals, governments, families and health care stake holders in the last about 2 years since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. Slowing the transmission and protecting communities require the participation of every member of every community to take action. This requires that everyone understands and adopts individual protection measures. Easy, right? How then do we explain the fact that the infection rates continue to rise globally and locally? What are the dynamics driving how information and instructions are received and appropriated among different groups and demographics? Why are racial and ethnic minority groups so disproportionately more severely affected by the disease compared to other groups? Any effective response and intervention should take the perspectives of affected communities into account. Public health and social measures such as move