Study finds racial and ethnic disparities in Covid-19 hospitalizations

MSN - CNN ^ | 8/17/2020 | Naomi Thomas,

[napscoordinator]

But it wasn’t the riots! Oh know. Never that.

[Responsibility2nd]

There were a bunch of stories like this....

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3832622/posts

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3832748/posts

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3839858/posts

[Ragnar54]

They could do something useful and report on the Vitamin D levels of Chinese Virus patients. It would likely be discovered that they are all deficient. In the general (non-Covid) population, blacks are most likely to be deficient and whites are least likely. (Dark skin blocks UV).

With all the blood samples being collected these days, it would be a simple matter to measure the Vitamin D level for each patient (Covid or not) and note the 30 day survival of each patient. This has been done in the past and has shown a marked increase in survival based on Vitamin D status.

But no one can make money from saying "take Vitamin D".

[conejo99]

Anecdotal evidence is not trustworthy but...
I recently stopped by a Godfather’s Pizza in my predominately white/Hispanic area of Houston (wearing an N95 mask of course and planning to pop the pizza back in the oven when I got home). The pizza joint had a handful of closely spaced tables tables in the tiny restaurant. Every table was occupied by unmasked customer’s belonging to separate families. Every single eat-in customer was African American.
It seemed to me that in our area most whites believe the epidemic is dangerous and many blacks do not.

[chopperk]

Simple solution to the pandemic,,,,Make HCQ and Azithromycin OTC drugs so anyone who develops a cough and/or fever can go the nearest drug store and self medicate with the drugs along with Zinc Sulfate with correct dosage within 48 hours of symptoms and pandemic over.,,,,,instead of waiting a few days to get tested and 5 days for the results,,,,if over 60 years of age,,,,you’re dead.

[PGR88]

So if they got the hospital beds, who went without?

[arthurus]

It could mean disparity of blood types. O blood type gets much less WuHan than AB. Vitamin D is also a factor. Dark skin absorbs less D from sunshine than does light skin and it is protective, though not proof, against WuHan. The relevant statistic is that almost all WuHan virus patients measured for vitamin D have very low levels.

[Lumper20]

My deceased wife had cancer 3 times. I took her to Vanderbilt ER each time plus more. I never saw so many Blacks, Muslims, and Latinos.

[freeandfreezing]

All of the factors you mentioned would be likely to affect the infection rate. But the hospitalization and death rates should not be directly affected by infection rates, particularly in the case of employees working in jobs where they are likely to have more customer contact since those people tend to be younger.

Studies from countries in Africa that have COVID-19 outbreaks show lower death rates than among African Americans. The primary reason is probably the fact that their populations tend to be younger on average, so that more of the people infected with COVID-19 in Africa are young people who have less serious outcomes worldwide.

An additional reason is likely to be the percentage of people with health conditions like diabetes or obesity that are correlated with adverse outcomes of COVID-19 infections is higher among African Americans compared to residents of African nations.

It is very likely that the ethnic and racial disparities seen are really disparities based on health conditions that simply correlate with race or ethnic group, or even locality.

Trying to make political points based on the effects of a virus shows how far reaching the leftist viewpoint has gotten.

[MAGAthon]

disinfo.

stats were not adjusted for underlying conditions.

demographics not adjusted for percentage of urban population vs State population.

[ronnie raygun]

Throwing more wood on the racist white barn fire

[Tai_Chung]

Does the study take into account age, diabetes, and other high risk categories?

[CharlesWayneCT]

Yep, the poor, black, and other minority communities are getting high-tech hospital care, while white people are left out. :)

[Lumper20]

Good points.