Among the disturbing statistics to have emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic has been the disproportionate impact in terms of death and severe illness on ethnic minorities in the UK and the USA. On April 7, 2020, it was reported that in the US city of Chicago, where the black population is roughly 30%, nearly 70% of COVID-19 deaths were in this demographic. A report released by the UK Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre on April 17, 2020, showed that 34% of patients in the UK receiving advanced respiratory support were non-white, despite the non-white population nationally being about 14%. That day, the UK Government announced a review into the impact of COVID-19 on black, Asian, and minority ethnic communities. On May 7, 2020, a provisional analysis by the UK Office for National Statistics of NHS England data suggested that, after adjustment for age, some sociodemographic characteristics, and measures of self-reported health and disability, black people were almost twice as likely as white people to have a COVID-19-related death.