During this rapidly moving international health crisis, varying and seemingly contrasting reports indicate both a protective and exacerbating contribution of atopy to the severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2 (SARS‐CoV‐2). Further, worse outcomes have been reported in association with certain races/ethnicities, highlighting health disparities possibly related to systemic racism, access to care, income inequality, occupational hazards, and disproportionate medical comorbidities.