Re:National Academies: We can’t define “race,” so stop using...
by fenomas on Thursday March 16, 2023 @11:31AM
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> Should the research that tells you which drug to give be banned?
No, and nobody suggested anything like that, so if you're trolling please don't.
The point of TFA is that a study reporting "drug X has greater risks for black people" is weak science, because any given doctor has little way of determining whether their patient is genetically similar to whoever participated in the study. If the study had instead reported risk levels for, say, people of North African ancestry, then the doctor could ask about his patient's background and make an informed decision, instead of just looking at skin color and hoping for the best.
No, and nobody suggested anything like that, so if you're trolling please don't.
The point of TFA is that a study reporting "drug X has greater risks for black people" is weak science, because any given doctor has little way of determining whether their patient is genetically similar to whoever participated in the study. If the study had instead reported risk levels for, say, people of North African ancestry, then the doctor could ask about his patient's background and make an informed decision, instead of just looking at skin color and hoping for the best.