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[–]Tom_Bombadil[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Some notable turds:

Some scientists are probing for genetic variations that might raise susceptibility. Others are highlighting the social, environmental and economic factors that elevate risk, including racism.

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For people of color, these social and economic aspects include the cumulative stresses of systemic racism and discrimination.

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Many factors contribute to this excessive toll, but they stem from the biased attitudes and actions of American society, not from Black American biology, says epidemiologist and family physician Camara Phyllis Jones of the Morehouse School of Medicine. “Race doesn’t put you at higher risk. Racism puts you at higher risk,” says Jones, who is a past president of the American Public Health Association. “Racism puts you at higher risk through the two mechanisms of being more infected because we are more exposed and less protected, and then, once infected, we are more likely to have a very severe course and die.”

[Physician Camara Phyllis Jones explains the multiple ways that racial injustice and racism increase Black people’s vulnerability to the virus.]

The article kept going, but I can't be bothered to read any more. It's disgraceful.

It's old news that being economically disadvantaged, and lack of social status is deleterious to your health in general.

It exacerbates obesity, and high blood pressure, etc.

However, the notion that this known effect is uniquely applied to Coco is beyond absurd.

Does racism exacerbate cancer deaths?

This is an excuse to prioritize Vaccinating minority populations.

This is far beyond suspicious, and minorities are wise to avoid the jab.

[–]zyxzevn 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Scientific American has not been credible for years, just like "Popular Science".