The coronavirus outbreak has had a disproportionate impact on blacks and other people of color, which health care experts attribute to historical disparities in terms of wealth and access to health care. "One of the factors [of the virus disparity] is associated with the deep historical residue of health disadvantage that already was embedding itself in the black community, particularly in respect to what people now refer to as pre-existing conditions. Durham resident Keith Jacquier said he believes a lack of access to health care is key to the virus' disproportionate impact on blacks.