Before ALL Black people begin to blame Whites or Chinese or Everybody Else for why Blacks are suffering more from COVID-19 in USA, here's something to consider.

From a WhatsApp post:

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AFRICAN AMERICANS SEEM TO BE MORE AFFECTED BY COVID-19


Already a sense of paranoia has entered the Black community worldwide because there is some information that African Americans may be more affected by COVID-19. Some are already looking for a cause for this OUTSIDE of the Black community, and without any evidence at all have begun to say that “somehow” White people have done “something”.

People, people, please let us calm down. And THINK.

Let us use Science not Superstition. We know this scientific and medical fact: that African and African-heritage people do have Sickle Cell. Right? It is a GENETIC condition so people are born with it. Sickle Cell Disease affects the Red Blood Cells in the blood and instead of being round, they become like a sickle, that is C-shaped. Red Blood Cells carry OXYGEN so in those with the Disease there is less oxygen in their body.

Because it is a genetic condition, some people may instead have Sickle Cell Trait but show no signs of the disease. However, when there is low OXYGEN some people with Sickle Cell Trait may experience similar complications as those with the Disease.

Now, COVID-19 causes a respiratory illness which means it affects the OXYGEN levels in the body. So people who may for one reason or another already get less oxygen into their body may suffer more from COVID-19. Sickle Cell is such a condition.

Here are some statistics for Sickle Cell among African Americans:
• Sickle Cell Disease occurs in about 1 out of every 365 African-American births.
• Sickle Cell Disease occurs among about 1 out of every 16,300 Hispanic-American births.
• About 1 in 13 African-American babies is born with Sickle Cell Trait.
(Source: CDC, Atlanta, USA)

I am not a physician, but can we now see, using Science why perhaps COVID-19 may affect African Americans more? Research will be done to provide more information on the various factors that affect the prognosis of COVID-19.

Please forward this post as its aim is to get Africans to apply Science more to daily issues.

- Ndidi Uwechue is on Facebook and Twitter

Really?

A wrong personal assumptions.

Whatever your Conclusions from this Search, The Security Council of The UN SHOULD STILL CHASTISE CHINA FOR THE CRIME OF UNILATERALLY AND SURREPTITIOUSLY MAKING A BIOWEAPON TO DESTROY OUR IMMUNITY.