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The statistics are shocking. As of mid-June, Black Americans have been hospitalized or died from COVID-19 at a rate about five times that of white Americans, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. Other people of color have experienced much higher hospitalization and death rates than whites as well.

A recent report indicated that if people of color had experienced the same mortality rate as whites, as of late May, more than 14,000 Black Americans would still be alive, along with 1,200 Latino Americans and 400 indigenous Americans.

Details are available at：https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-07-people-covid-.html

A federal committee is considering pushing Blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans to the front of the line for COVID-19 vaccines, ahead of whites. A COVID-19 vaccine could be ready by year’s end but not in sufficient quantity to vaccinate over 300 million Americans. Frontline health care workers and national security personnel will be top priority, but after that, who comes next?

If Black Americans were more vulnerable because of race, as they are with sickle cell anemia, there would be a medical argument for racial preferences. But scientific data show no direct causal connection between race and COVID-19 deaths. In fact, COVID-19 death rates are lower in Africa, though that may reflect sparse data.

Scientists in the U.S. and Europe have plentiful data on who gets infected and who’s least likely to survive COVID-19, and their findings can help prioritize who should get vaccinated. Forget using crude racial proxies.

Who’s at risk of dying? The elderly and anyone with medical conditions such as heart disease, morbid obesity, hypertension and diabetes.

https://patriotpost.us/opinion/72157-dont-hand-out-vaccines-based-on-race-2020-07-15

Why do people of color have higher rates of disease than whites?

Black and Latino people in America represent nearly a third of all cases and have been nearly twice as likely to die from the virus as their White counterparts. Many health experts contend the data underscores how racial bias shapes not just policy, but also public behavior during health crises.

Not only are Black and Latino Americans more likely to lack health insurance or live in areas without quality facilities, unconscious racial bias among medical professionals can also contribute to unequal health outcomes, with patients of color more likely to have their symptoms overlooked or pain disbelieved. Some experts point to people of color who later died of Covid-19 who were previously turned away as evidence of bias playing out in the pandemic.


https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/14/coronavirus-us-racial-bias-black-latino

The coronavirus proved substantially deadlier to people of color under the age of 65 than to their white counterparts in the early days of the pandemic, an in-depth analysis released Friday found.
The report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the agency’s most comprehensive analysis of the demographics of those who died of covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Researchers analyzed data for about 52,000 confirmed deaths between mid-February and mid-April.
Most of the people who died were older than 65, and most had underlying medical conditions. But researchers obtained more complete data on race, ethnicity and underlying conditions for a subset of about 10,000 people. Most of those deaths occurred in New York City, New Jersey and Washington state, three areas hardest hit at the dawn of the pandemic.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/07/10/cdc-covid-19-death-toll-is-twice-high-among-people-color-under-age-65-white-americans/

Why do people of color have a higher rate of disease than whites?

The statistics are shocking. As of mid-June, Black Americans have been hospitalized or died from COVID-19 at a rate about five times that of white Americans, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. Other people of color have experienced much higher hospitalization and death rates than whites as well.

A recent report indicated that if people of color had experienced the same mortality rate as whites, as of late May, more than 14,000 Black Americans would still be alive, along with 1,200 Latino Americans and 400 indigenous Americans.

Tufts experts in public health and community health said they are not surprised by these numbers. “Even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, we were already in a public health crisis,” said Adolfo Cuevas, an assistant professor of community health in the School of Arts and Sciences. “More than half of Black individuals have a chronic health condition” such as diabetes or high blood pressure, he said, which predisposes people to suffer from the COVID-19 virus. “The racial difference is striking already.”

https://now.tufts.edu/articles/why-people-color-are-suffering-more-covid-19

Why do people of color have a higher prevalence than white people?

While helping a reporter research a story exploring how the crises of COVID-19 and racism overlap, cardiologist Clyde Yancy of Northwestern University recalled, he had an insight he found chilling: “I realized that my personal risk of death may have less to do with COVID-19 and more to do with the color of my skin.”

Based on data reported by 40 states, Yancy said, one in every 1,850 Black Americans has died from COVID-19 — a mortality rate 2.4 times higher than that for whites. Another way to think about that statistic is that if Blacks were experiencing COVID-19 at the same rate as whites, 13,000 more Blacks would be alive today, he said. “The disproportionality is real, the numbers are sobering and stark.”

https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2020/07/covid-19-and-black-communities

Why do people of color have higher rates than whites?

Recently, the study done by Yale researchers indicates that black Americans are three times more likely to die from this pandemic than other communities. The Latin community is likely to suffer twice the number of deaths when compared to white Americans. This single statistic shows how racial discrimination is still persisting in this era. Experts believe that this has got nothing to do with genes or other medical issues. The biggest reason for such high mortality rates among the marginalized community is the lack of adequate health care services at the early stage. This leaves them vulnerable to chronic infections and causes more deaths in the community. It also increases the rate of infection among the other members of the community when timely medical care is not provided through quarantine and other methods.

The mortality rate is significantly higher in the black community when compared to their share of the population in the country. According to reports, their mortality rate is nearly double their population share. This is the general average across the country, and it is staggeringly higher in some states. In Kansas, black people are 7 times likely to die from this virus when compared to white people. Similarly, in Washington, the rate is 6 times higher. In this regard, it can be safely assumed that there is some disparity in providing medical services based on race and ethnicity.

https://powdersvillepost.com/racism-in-covid-times-impact-on-the-black-community/

Why do people of color have higher rates of disease than whites?

• Case rates over the pandemic for Hispanic people and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander people are nine times higher than those of White people. Hospitalization rates are seven times higher for Hispanics and ten times higher for Native Hawaiians or Other Pacific Islanders than those of White people. Case and hospitalization rates for Black people and American Indian or Alaska Native people are three times higher than those of White people.

• Compared to White people, death rates are over three times higher among Hispanic people and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander people, twice as high among American Indian or Alaska Native people, and over 50 percent higher among Black and Asian people.

• Analysis of these rates by region shows COVID-19 is found in significant numbers across racial and ethnic groups throughout the state and is not confined to certain areas, such as rural, urban or suburban regions.

https://www.islandsweekly.com/news/new-covid-19-reports-show-concerning-patterns-of-inequity-rise-in-cases-among-younger-people/

Why do people of color have higher rates of disease than whites?

According to the release, the Department of Health study found that:

-- People of color in the state are being infected with the COVID-19 virus and hospitalized at much higher rates than white people. Case rates for Hispanic and Native American or other Pacific Islander people are nine times higher than white people, while hospitalization rates of people identifying as Hispanic are seven times higher and 10 times higher for Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander people. Meanwhile, case and hospitalization rates for Black and Native American or Alaska Native people are three times higher than for white people.

http://www.chronline.com/community/studies-show-coronavirus-affecting-people-of-color-at-higher-rates-in-washington/article_c091cf06-bcb1-11ea-83d6-c3123690c508.html

We know the COVID-19 pandemic has intensified the health inequities historically marginalized and oppressed communities already experience.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Alarming trends of COVID-19 in the state of Washington highlight patterns of inequity and increased cases among younger people, a press release from Washington State Department of Health (DOH) stated.

Two new reports from DOH and the Bellevue-based Institute of Disease Modeling (IDM) analyzed COVID-19 data by age, race/ethnicity and primary language spoken. Both of the reports highlight the pandemic’s disproportionate impact on communities of color. The IDM report points to the recent increases in COVID-19 among younger people.

“We know the COVID-19 pandemic has intensified the health inequities historically marginalized and oppressed communities already experience,” said Dr. Kathy Lofy, state health officer at DOH. “These data are deeply concerning and underline the critical need to address the COVID-19 impacts we’re currently seeing by prioritizing outreach, testing, education and related materials for disproportionately impacted communities in ways that are culturally and linguistically appropriate and accessible.”

“Public health interventions worked early in the COVID-19 epidemic to control cases, but communities of color experienced less of that benefit,” added Dr. Marita Zimmermann, research economist at IDM. “Now more and more young people of color in Washington are getting infected. COVID-19 exploits the inequities in health and wellbeing in our society, and this analysis sheds light on the people most in need of protection.”

The DOH’s report findings include the following:

Hispanic people and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander people have had case rates that are nine times higher than those of White people, over the pandemic.
Death rates are three times higher among Hispanic people and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander people compared to White people. The rates are twice as high among American Indian or Alaska Native people and over 50 percent higher among Black and Asian people.
In addition, analyses of these rates by region show COVID-19 is found in significant numbers across racial and ethnic groups, regardless of the area, such as rural, urban or suburban regions.

There have also been high rates of hospitalizations among people whose primary language is not English or Spanish, which analysts suggest may be due to those communities experiencing more severe disease due to increased exposures and/or barriers to quality and affordable care. Researchers also caution that limited data on primary language must be interpreted with caution.

https://www.koin.com/news/health/coronavirus/concerning-patterns-of-inequity-in-wash-covid-19-reports/

Why do people of color have a higher rate of disease than whites?

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Latinos have been hospitalized nationwide at a rate of more than four times that of white people. For Black Americans, the hospitalization rate is about five times that of White Americans.

Rogelio Saenz, a professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio’s College for Health Community and Policy, has been studying the death and infection rates for Latinos since the pandemic started.


https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2020/07/02/latino-black-people-dying-and-becoming-infected-with-covid-19-at-staggering-rates-data-shows/

Why do people of color have higher rates of disease than whites?

“We anecdotally began to see sizeable numbers of Black and Latinx people dying and being infected,” Kendi remembers. These were people who likely didn’t have the luxury of staying safely at home and social distancing in the workplace. Blacks and other people of color were also likely suffering with pre-existing health conditions and chronic illnesses and confronting other vulnerabilities that put them at higher risk for infection and death from this coronavirus compared to other groups.

Kendi’s hypothesis proved true. And the evidence is mounting. African Americans are being pummeled the hardest by the pandemic. Although 13% of the population, African Americans account for 25% of COVID-19 deaths where race is known, as of May 2020. This means Black people are dying at a rate nearly 2 times higher than their population share, he revealed.

https://diverseeducation.com/article/180494/