[george76]

Assessment of COVID-19 Hospitalizations by Race/Ethnicity in 12 States ...

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2769369

[nhbob1]

Urban areas are hit worse than rural areas due to population density. The percentage of minorities in the urban populations is much higher than in the entire state, and likely pretty close to the sickness percentage.

[Mastador1]

So people who as rule live close together in large numbers have higher numbers of infections and hospitalizations? Who would have thought!

[Pollard]

Still haven’t found that racial disparity in IQ though.

[Secret Agent Man]

the white people just dealt with it, got over it, and kept working

that’s why

[beejaa]

My understanding is that there are two reasons for the higher rate of COVID among minorities.
The first is that they are more likely to live in crowded conditions.
The second is that they are more likely to be working at a “front line” position like grocery store clerk, and so forth, where they are exposed to the general public.
They are less likely to have jobs where they can work from home.

[Vendome]

Black, Latino and American Indian and Alaskan Native people were disproportionately hospitalized for Covid-19,

***Uhmmm....seems like the medical community tried harder to deliver superior care***

Shouldn’t the phrase be change to the more apt:
White people were disproportionately NOT hospitalized for Covid-19,

[Timothy]

Just wait till they study sickle cell anemia...

[the_Watchman]

Arizona is reporting

5% of those hospitalized are black & non-hispanic

3% of those who died from Covid are black & non-hispanic

I have no idea what percentage of the general AZ population is black. But that sounds like the regular mix to me.

Whites and hispanics run at 65-70% for hospitalized and death.

[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".

[Tai_Chung]

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