“Black Patients Matter”: US Blacks 2X more likely to die of COVID-19 than whites
Black Patients Matter. Here's How to Help | Opinion Newsweek – Sept 2021
"African Americans were 2.8 times more likely than white Americans to be hospitalized due to COVID-19,
and twice as likely to die from it."
Whites with the low vitamin D as blacks die at the same increased rate - 2010
| ** | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| DEATHS | Black vs White Disparity |
Whites 16 vs 26 ng/ml |
|
| breast cancer | 1.34 | 1.26 | |
| colorectal cancer | 1.43 | 1.44 | |
| cardiovascular disease | 1.29 | 1.27 | |
| all-cause mortality | 1.26 | 1.26 | ** |
VitaminDWiki Items in both categories Dark Skin and Virus:
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Additonal lives that also matter: Obese, Diabetic, Smoking, Shift Workers, COPD, Prison, etc.
26 health factors increase the risk of COVID-19 – all are proxies for low vitamin D