“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

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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