Even Covid is racist

[Juiblex]

CDC declares racism a 'serious public health threat' as COVID-19 puts a spotlight on disparities (msn.com)

Keep crying wolf. Nobody is going to care in about a year.

 

[Fenixgoon]

If you really want to piss off conservatives, see what happens when guns are declared a public health threat

 

[mikeymikec]

If you really want to piss off conservatives, see what happens when guns are declared a public health threat

Then the CDC will be the real racists.

 

[mikeymikec]

CDC declares racism a 'serious public health threat' as COVID-19 puts a spotlight on disparities (msn.com)

Keep crying wolf. Nobody is going to care in about a year.

I have to say, it's a new twist to create a thread on a topic you don't care about.

 

[Pohemi]

I have to say, it's a new twist to create a thread on a topic you don't care about.

Takes a special kind of stupid. Like s0meIdi0t, he's done it before.

It's those imagined, fantasy 'gotchya' moments that they think they're pointing out, usually due to misrepresentation or lack of reading comprehension on their part.

 

[Commodus]

CDC declares racism a 'serious public health threat' as COVID-19 puts a spotlight on disparities (msn.com)

Keep crying wolf. Nobody is going to care in about a year.

I'm pretty sure non-white communities in the US will still remember these things after the pandemic is over.

And besides, it's a bit rich to feign concern when you don't care right now, let alone in 2022.

 

[VW MAN]

CDC declares racism a 'serious public health threat' as COVID-19 puts a spotlight on disparities (msn.com)

Keep crying wolf. Nobody is going to care in about a year.

You failed the 3rd grade twice, didn't you?

 

[ch33zw1z]

Doubt the OP even read the link.

 

[HomerJS]

OP: creates a thread with strawman title on 2 subjects he doesn't give a shit about.

Disparate effects of COVID 19
Racism

Because both of these have negative consequences for black people. That's why he doesn't care.

 

[Indus]

If the OP thinks COVID is just going away with vaccine.. I'd like to know what kind of weed he's smoking.

Look at Influenza.. has it gone away after 100+ years?
Every year you get a new variant. The different is Rn of Influenza is 1 but with COVID its 3.

 

[Commodus]

If the OP thinks COVID is just going away with vaccine.. I'd like to know what kind of weed he's smoking.

Look at Influenza.. has it gone away after 100+ years?
Every year you get a new variant. The different is Rn of Influenza is 1 but with COVID its 3.

Can't quite compare it that way.

Influenza is still around because it mutates quickly. Vaccines only have limited effectiveness against it. Regardless of its R number, it's very persistent. I'd add that the Spanish Flu also arrived at a time when epidemiology and vaccine tech were still underdeveloped. While the modern flu is usually much gentler, it persists in part because we didn't get a handle on the Spanish Flu while it was young.

Coronaviruses as a whole are much more stable and mutate slowly. And while SARS-CoV-2 has already mutated, the vaccines we have now are generally effective against them and dramatically reduce transmission rates. In theory, the disease is young enough that we could seriously mitigate or even eliminate spread if we act in time.

The catch, of course, is the "in time" part... if we wanted to act quickly, we'd need to quickly mass vaccinate everywhere, not just in well-off countries like the US and UK. Realistically, I don't think we'll see the world as a whole tamp down the disease for several years. You may be back to normal in the US or UK, for example, but you may still be banned from traveling to some parts of the world for a while.

 

[WelshBloke]

Can't quite compare it that way.

Influenza is still around because it mutates quickly. Vaccines only have limited effectiveness against it. Regardless of its R number, it's very persistent. I'd add that the Spanish Flu also arrived at a time when epidemiology and vaccine tech were still underdeveloped. While the modern flu is usually much gentler, it persists in part because we didn't get a handle on the Spanish Flu while it was young.

Coronaviruses as a whole are much more stable and mutate slowly. And while SARS-CoV-2 has already mutated, the vaccines we have now are generally effective against them and dramatically reduce transmission rates. In theory, the disease is young enough that we could seriously mitigate or even eliminate spread if we act in time.

The catch, of course, is the "in time" part... if we wanted to act quickly, we'd need to quickly mass vaccinate everywhere, not just in well-off countries like the US and UK. Realistically, I don't think we'll see the world as a whole tamp down the disease for several years. You may be back to normal in the US or UK, for example, but you may still be banned from traveling to some parts of the world for a while.

Yeah. There's a good chance that covid could turn into a nastier endemic seasonal disease like flu but we don't have to let that happen. We have the chance now to stop it, we just need a global joint effort on it.

 

[Annisman*]

CoViD effects the darker skinned population at a higher clip largely because they are more likely to be Vitamin D deficient. My in laws are black and I push hard for them and my wife to suppliment during the winter and get plenty of sunshine in the spring to fall.

I'm also willing to bet their access to healthcare is reduced but I see that as a wealth disparity issue and how our very poor healthcare system is set up.

 

[Fenixgoon]

CoViD effects the darker skinned population at a higher clip largely because they are more likely to be Vitamin D deficient. My in laws are black and I push hard for them and my wife to suppliment during the winter and get plenty of sunshine in the spring to fall.

I'm also willing to bet their access to healthcare is reduced but I see that as a wealth disparity issue and how our very poor healthcare system is set up.

Link to studies indicating vitamin D has an effect on covid response?

 

[WelshBloke]

Link to studies indicating vitamin D has an effect on covid response?

There is a bit of evidence that vitamin d helps against respiratory illness but there's not a lot of research about covid specifically.
That said if you're black you should probably be taking a vitamin D supplement as a general health thing if you live in a northern area.

 

[Indus]

Yeah. There's a good chance that covid could turn into a nastier endemic seasonal disease like flu but we don't have to let that happen. We have the chance now to stop it, we just need a global joint effort on it.

Like we had a chance to stop AIDS?

You give anti vaxxers and machismo conspiracy theorists too much credit.

We already know from fact that people can get reinfected with COVID so the anti-bodies do not last a lifetime.. just a limited duration.

 

[Commodus]

Link to studies indicating vitamin D has an effect on covid response?

The studies I've seen don't establish that Vitamin D will protect you, but I don't think there's much disputing the basic premise that a Vitamin D deficiency hurts your chances. A weak immune system will leave you vulnerable.

 

[WelshBloke]

Like we had a chance to stop AIDS?

More like we stopped polio and smallpox.

We've never had a vaccine for HIV, if we had one at the beginning and the political will we could totally have eradicated HIV.