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Re:Role of Vitamin D in the prevention of Coronavirus 2019 i... by atourgates on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @12:57PM (#23168946)
I did see that mentioned as a theory a few weeks ago. My best guess is that in the United States especially, it's a combination economic/socitial factors and vitamin D deficiency that's making the virus have higher mortality in populations of racial minorities with darker skin.

Here's a study that looked at vitamin D levels and found that they're significantly lower in both people with darker skin, and (independently of skin color) those who are overweight. https://www.jabfm.org/content/29/2/226

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Re:Role of Vitamin D in the prevention of Coronavirus 2019 i... by wnmurphy on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @05:24PM (#23172001)
And the elderly...

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3782116/

This is a contributing factor to fractures from falls.

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Re:Role of Vitamin D in the prevention of Coronavirus 2019 i... by oneiftwo on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @02:46PM (#23170243)
> My best guess is that in the United States especially, it's a combination economic/socitial factors and vitamin D deficiency that's making the virus have higher mortality in populations of racial minorities with darker skin

African American communities are hardest hit because of genetic and especially cultural practices which predispose them toward obesity, high blood pressure, heart disease, etc. Further, let's not pretend that African American communities have the same level of respect for authority (i.e. following recommendations/orders) as other groups (though to some degree that disdain may be justified, but that's another discussion).

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Re:Role of Vitamin D in the prevention of Coronavirus 2019 i... by dang on Friday May 15, 2020 @07:35PM (#23198774)
If you use HN for race war we will ban you again. No more of this please.

Instead, if you'd review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules, we'd appreciate it.

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