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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So I understand that POC overall have had worse outcomes with COVID.  [b]But have there been any studies showing that race alone is a contributing factor? Or is it that POC are more likely to live in crowded/substandard conditions, poorer health overall and less access to healthcare?  [/b]In other words, is there any reason to believe that an AA person of similar age, health, and socioeconomic status to their white neighbor is still more predisposed to a worse outcome?

Not trying to start a controversy, just wondering if researchers have dug into this.  We know that different races have different outcomes with sickle cell anemia, for instance.[/quote]

I don't know about Covid specifically but 
A. A lot of the issues you describe are the direct result of racist policies like redlining so POC don't just "happen" to live in these conditions 
B. There is clear data showing that race is correlated with health outcomes regardless of socioeconomic status and part of the way it works is that healthcare providers discriminate on the basis of race.

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I totally get that, just trying to understand the causal factors.  Maybe it’s too hard to tease apart, but would be useful to know for effective treatment and prevention.  My office-mate in non-covid times is AA, grew up UMC and one of the healthiest, most fit guys I know. Yet even with those relative advantages is there still something that makes him more vulnerable than me, an average who’re woman?

(Also, when I mentioned sickle cell anemia, I was referring to the link with malaria vulnerability, was typing this quickly)[/quote]

apart from the new s african variant, black Africans in Africa have been doing well with Covid-- so it definitely merits more study. I think a workable theory is the outcomes in America have a lot more to do with underlying conditions and access to preventive care - which are also poverty issues you could see in any poor group.[/quote]

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