CarwilBJ’s avatarCarwilBJ’s Twitter Archive—№ 27,030

    1. Multiple studies find massive racial differences in exposure to COVID, but equal mortality among those exposed. nytimes.com/2020/12/09/health/coronavirus-black-hispanic.html
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    "The investigators had expected that underlying health conditions [obesity and high blood pressure] would lead to a higher fatality rate among Black and Hispanic patients… But in the analysis of the death rate, those conditions “barely made it move,” Dr. Rentsch said."
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      Zellner et al. (Michigan): "This work suggests that well-documented racial disparities in COVID-19 mortality in hard-hit settings, … are driven primarily by variation in household, community and workplace exposure rather than case-fatality rates." academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa1723/5998295
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        Rentsch et al. (VA hospitals): "Non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic individuals were twice as likely as non-Hispanic White individuals to test positive for COVID-19, even after accounting for other demographics, geographic location, and underlying health conditions."
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          Rentsch et al. (VA hospitals): Among those who tested positive for COVID-19, there was no observed difference in 30-day mortality by race/ethnicity group. journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1003379