Posted on 04/23/2020 10:41:14 AM PDT by Kaslin
That should be painfully obvious to anyone not worried about being PC.
That may have affected the skewed distribution in the first few weeks after it was clear that was not true but I would think that would rapidly revert to the mean once it was clearly not true. I heard Fauci say, “There is no evidence for a racial sensitivity...”. Which is true. Right now there is no evidence. But it is pretty well understood very hard to treat hypertension is almost always in blacks. ARBs and ACE Inhibitors helped there and we hear the virus requires an ACE2 Receptor to bind. Sure makes me wonder. Could this be a “point of attack”. Probably not, seems to me a drug that would cover that receptor might have seriously detrimental effect on blood pressure.
A majority of victims were probably obese and had breathing problems related to their weight and/or their resulting diabetes.
3 top underlying conditions are hypertension, obesity and diabetes. All 3 are disproportionate to this demographic as well, no?
Yep!
Actually, I read a great article by a researcher at MIT saying that he thought the problem for blacks was lack of Vitamin D, indicated by the fact that African descent people in Europe and America die from this virus at higher rates overall than people with fairer skins. Vitamin D is crucial in maintaining the immune system.
The researcher, who is Indian, said he was about a 3 on something called the Fitzpatrick Scale, used for grading skin colors. Most American black people are a 4 or a 5; Hispanics and European Americans start around a 2 or possibly 3 for the darkest and then go up to the Scandinavians, Irish, and certain other people (including Spanish Celts) with very white skin.
However, having very fair skin in a low-light Northern climate allows you to get as much sun exposure and Vit D production as possible, while having high melanin skin (adapted to seriously high-sunlight conditions) prohibits it.
He also thought that the conditions that afflict African Americans and African descent folks outside of Africa or the ME are possibly autoimmune diseases,,,that would be diabetes and asthma. Very interesting thoughts, and I hope they look into this more.
The researcher takes 5000 units of Vit D everyday, although I think you can safely take more, and he suggested that a study be done to enhance the Vit D intake of African descent people.
This was in the WSJ, so it wasn’t one of those weird “medical” things that pops up on your FB page...
So COVID19 is racist. No, there is more going on here. What underlying conditions, if any, do they have? Certain cultural lifestyles (southern diet is high carb/high fat) can lead to diabetes, high blood pressure, both of which are leading reasons for being in the high risk group. When you only look at one factor, you WILL find what you are looking for. For shame!
“Population density and public transportation.”
OBESITY AND DIABETES
Mona the moron is puzzled.
I don’t think we’ll have any solid data for a while.
Simple explanation, conspiracy edition: The ChiComs developed the virus to depopulate Africa. All else is collateral damage. (Note that the Aryans in Germany, Austria and Scandinavia are getting off light).
In Washington State, the deaths are 87%white, 10% Asian.
The general population of blacks in Louisiana is obese, has hypertension and type 2 diabetes.
It’s really quite simple.
Africanized populations that refuse to assimilate and act white likely do not know the social distancing guideline, and if they do, refuse to follow them
Not being white is truly being black
Most are severely overweight (obese) probably have diabetes and heart problems..
Not many blacks live in Washington then?
It is a sad life to look at everything through a racial lens
I don’t think social distancing really has much to do with the death rate.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/04/can-you-beat-covid-19-without-a-lockdown-sweden-is-trying
New Orleans population is approx. 70% black. Has been for years.
These cause the Corona virus in blacks?
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