I'm asking about the critical cases of COVID-19 in black people.
Does anyone have an idea?
Yes there are critical and death cases of covid-19 in black people in Africa and elsewhere.
I had been unaware of this, so looked it up; there are quite a few links, mainly relating to African Americans and it is concerning.
It has been suggested that this might be an issue with types of employment:
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coronavirus-why-african-americans-vulnerable-covid-19-health-race
or inequalities regarding resources, health and access to care:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/us/coronavirus-race.html
This covers similar points:
https://www.propublica.org/article/early-data-shows-african-americans-have-contracted-and-died-of-coronavirus-at-an-alarming-rate
The link below suggests underlying health conditions including respiratory problems, diabetes and/or hypertension may be relevant:
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2020/4/8/21207269/covid-19-coronavirus-risk-factors
There are a multitude of studies of this nature, and many more on the way. The information from Africa has just started to be published. (Then there is the whole other end of the spectrum with the discussion in journals that discussion of race in medical reports is in fact, racist. Please discuss.
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Who had more people with associations condition e.g. daiabete mellitus, arterial hypertension, patients in haemodyalisis, in immunopression therapy, citostatica and others, are more dangered from Covid 19.
Yes, I agree with Prof Zaim Gashi that the associated conditions make a person more susceptible to Covid-19. Also socio-economic factors, but this comment article suggests that there might be other factors:
Bhala, N., Curry, G., Martineau, A. R., Agyemang, C., & Bhopal, R. (2020). Sharpening the global focus on ethnicity and race in the time of COVID-19. The Lancet, 395(10238), 1673-1676.
Article Sharpening the global focus on ethnicity and race in the tim...
Full text:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31102-8/fulltext
However, the authors also state that after looking at all these factors there are unexplained statistics re ethnicity and race:
'These results suggest that the difference between ethnic groups in COVID-19 mortality is partly a result of socioeconomic disadvantage and other circumstances, but a remaining part of the difference has not yet been explained.'
2nd to last paragraph.
Dr Gary Joseph Ordog - you mentioned that - at the far end of the spectrum, such discussion in medical reports could be seen as racist. I looked the definition up and found that it refers to 'discrimination or prejudice'. I hope that no peer reviewed academic articles or papers would allow such attitudes.
