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[quote=Anonymous]Have a friend who works in hospital mgt in Detroit and Chicago poorest areas and they have been seeing this building for weeks.   There is a reason Public Health officials point to these hot spots.

The hot spots at highest risks in the country are dense urban areas with poor populations.  AA community has higher rates of diabetes, heart disease as well as obesity , asthma.  All issues this virus hits disproportionately.  Further, those conditions are generally not well treated compared to other americans.  Anecdotally, poorer population does not have medical records or known pre-existing when entering hospital and enter the hospital very late.

When looking at Michigan, focus on Detroit which is 82% african american, not the state.  Look up the other cities with the highest AA / poor populations.   Those are risk areas, including Baltimore.  DC is very different than Baltimore.

Other factors / Intangibles - how effective is public health, front line workers / use public transport as cited by other pp, ability to buy supplies, etc.  How quickly do they go the hospital? get tested etc.

In looking at short term urgent solutions, poor AA populations utilize public health services during pregnancy, - what can we learn from that?  How can address education for these populations?   Who is the community - or broader community (sports) support education on this?  How can we get supplies to them quickly?

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