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U.S. Hits 11 Million Coronavirus Cases, Adding 1 Million In A Week
More than 11 million confirmed coronavirus cases have been recorded in the United States, according to a COVID-19 tracker by Johns Hopkins University. The country reported 166,555 new cases on Sunday, with 1,266 new deaths.
The staggering milestone was reached only six days after the U.S. hit 10 million cases. Positive test rates and hospitalization rates are on the rise across the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[...] Hospitalizations continue to climb. More than 69,000 people were hospitalized as of Sunday, more than ever before.
The pandemic also continues to disproportionately affect Black and brown communities in the U.S. According to data from the CDC as of Nov. 7, hospitalization rates for Hispanic or Latino people are 4.2 times higher than that of white people. American Indian or Alaska Native people have been hospitalized at 4.1 times the rate of white people, with Black people being hospitalized at 3.9 times the rate of white people.
[...] The Trump administration has blocked the current coronavirus task force from communicating with President-elect Biden's team.
(Score: 3, Troll) by RS3 on Tuesday November 17 2020, @12:09AM (4 children)
Actually black / African descent people have somewhat different body chemistries. I had a couple of blood tests a year+ ago and they list your result, and then list the "normal" ranges, and a couple of them were one way for caucasians and something different for blacks, like white cell count, which is somewhat lower normal for blacks.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1895180/ [nih.gov]
Often proper medical diagnosis and treatment involves precision, so the differences and consideration thereof can make a huge difference in patient outcomes.
(Score: 2) by darkfeline on Tuesday November 17 2020, @11:06AM (3 children)
Everything is a tradeoff. It's far more important that we fight systemic racism and generational injustice than provide the best medical treatment to certain subgroups per our best understanding of medicine at the moment. You have to make sacrifices for the greater good.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 17 2020, @03:24PM (1 child)
LoL. Dude, Poe's Law - seriously. :D
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 17 2020, @03:47PM
Thank you! But remember, and I need to keep it in mind, that this is SN- people get their power and jollies writing snarky stuff, even when they're dead wrong. It's not a matter of what OP actually meant, but it's much more about showing how clever you can be at reading into something someone says, interpreting no matter how wrong, and putting words in their e-mouth. I've had people actually put quotes around something that was not even close to something I wrote. Some people's brains are that scrambled. Maybe they had coronavirus neuropathy.
I keep forgetting where I am, and trying to be helpful. I need to remember this is NOT a place of constructive interaction / think-tank, but much more of a flamewar environment, because the assholes here got kicked off of slashdot and other places. Tis a shame so many good people and otherwise good conversation has to be ruined by assholes. If it was my board, I'd take the good people more seriously. And maybe someday I'll have the time to start one.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 17 2020, @03:37PM
So it's better to apply the same broad-brush medicine to everyone, so that we don't appear "racist"? Even if some people literally die in the process? I think I would call that racist. You give a medicine that will kill, or not enough medicine to help the person, because you're trying to say that ALL people need to get the exact same medical treatment no matter the underlying biology? I think I'd like to consult with some non-white people and get their opinion. Or would that be "racist"? I'll actually ask some Black people I know.
In other words, the term "racist" no is no longer limited to discriminating against someone?
I'm not a doctor, nor even work in the medical world. Your gripe is with the medical community, so please focus your time and effort not here, but with the United States of America's National Institute of Health. https://www.nih.gov [nih.gov]
Oh, and please start fighting "Affirmative Action" and any other discriminatory practices. And contact all the far left people who want "Reparations".