TY - JOUR T1 - Declining COVID-19 mortality risk ratios must be interpreted with caution JF - Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health JO - J Epidemiol Community Health DO - 10.1136/jech-2022-219176 SP - jech-2022-219176 AU - Jon Zelner AU - Ramya Naraharisetti Y1 - 2022/05/12 UR - http://jech.bmj.com/content/early/2022/05/12/jech-2022-219176.abstract N2 - In their recent letter in J Epidemiol Community Health, Schultes et al1 examined patterns of declining race/ethnic disparities in COVID-19 mortality in Connecticut from March 2020 to December 2021. This work is a helpful contribution to the expanding literature on race/ethnic disparities in SARS-CoV-2 mortality, and due to its attention to the differential toll of SARS-CoV-2 in congregate versus non-congregate settings by race/ethnicity is particularly important.However, motivated by our shared concern about the inequities highlighted by Schultes et al, we feel compelled to address the authors’ contention that their ‘findings … ER -