Commentary The link between severe COVID-19 outcomes and socioeconomic inequality was made clear in the current pandemic. We function here as prognosticators and contrarians who offer our opinions in the hopes that it may help drive debate and elucidate the issues that may inform decision-making. We are not the reader’s clinician. We argue strongly for a socioeconomic linkage with COVID-19 and that it should receive a far greater importance than has been given. When we talk about the harmful impact of COVID-19 as it pertains to socioeconomic status, we’re referring to the heightened impact on poorer populations, and these tend to be minorities and people of color. However, our argument applies to all people regardless of race or ethnicity, for impoverishment exacerbates a poor COVID-19 outcome universally. This is not a black–white issue. But it’s clear that minority populations have been hit harder by COVID-19 in terms of severe outcomes. …