Dr. Campbell’s video today - Michigan’s black population is 14% but has 35% of the state’s cases of CV and 40% of the deaths as of today. They have more comorbidities such as hypertension, smoking, obesity and difficulties accessing healthcare. He, again, thinks the CV rate is due to lack of Vit. D.
Someone should do some statistics on how close the social interaction is in the black community in normal times compared with elsewhere. My gut feeling is that it’s much closer than in the white population.
Maybe the underlying-conditions explanation is a little too simple.
I’m not suggesting that they are ignoring the recommendations more than others, just that they are starting from a different “normal.”
In MD/VA/DC area the death rate amont blacks and Latinos is much higher than for whites. In addition to lower income and food deserts, there is the added factor of skin pigmentation, so I think that subclinical VItamin D deficiency is an important factor. Vitamin D is formed in skin oils by the sun and absorb into the body over hours. No sun, no skin (as in winter), no oil, no absorption. Also pigmentation from tropical racial origin protects from too much sun. Good near the equator, not so much here. In addition many have lactose intolerance so might miss the modest D amounts in milk as well. I am alerting local black and Latino politicians and activists on this topic.