SARS-CoV-2 positivity rates associated with circulating Vitamin D levels

Re:SARS-CoV-2 positivity rates associated with circulating V... by kipchak on Saturday September 19, 2020 @11:53AM (#24528276)

>This isn't even about social categories “Black” and “White”, it is literally about the direct correlates of skin colour. To expand upon this according to an ONS study "Blacks" in England and whales had a 1.9 times higher rate of dying compared to "Whites" after socioeconomic controls, while Pakistani and Bangladeshi ethnic groups were 1.6 times more likely.[1] This makes sense if you figure lighter skin was a evolved trait for those in latitudes that got less sun. [2]

[1] https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsde...

[2]https://www.pnas.org/content/107/Supplement_2/8962

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Re:SARS-CoV-2 positivity rates associated with circulating V... by secondcoming on Saturday September 19, 2020 @12:31PM (#24528585)

Whales?

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Re:SARS-CoV-2 positivity rates associated with circulating V... by Bud on Saturday September 19, 2020 @12:42PM (#24528672)

Let's assume that was just a particularly hilarious typo for "Wales".

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Re:SARS-CoV-2 positivity rates associated with circulating V... by kipchak on Saturday September 19, 2020 @07:29PM (#24530965)

Indeed, though thinking about it people living in "whales" would probably have low vitamin D levels as well.

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Re:SARS-CoV-2 positivity rates associated with circulating V... by umanwizard on Saturday September 19, 2020 @07:57PM (#24531074)

I spent about 3 seconds wondering why in the world you were talking about whale vitamin-D levels, and thinking it was vaguely offensive that you were comparing ethnic/racial groups of humans to marine mammals.

Then I remembered that Wales exists :)

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