The Coronavirus is Racist
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My Doc seems to think high blood pressure and diabetes are the two biggest risk factors:
https://www.webmd.com/hypertension-high-blood-pressure/guide/hypertension-in-african-americans
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My Doc seems to think high blood pressure and diabetes are the two biggest risk factors:
https://www.webmd.com/hypertension-high-blood-pressure/guide/hypertension-in-african-americans
@LuFins-Dad said in The Coronavirus is Racist:
My Doc seems to think high blood pressure and diabetes are the two biggest risk factors:
https://www.webmd.com/hypertension-high-blood-pressure/guide/hypertension-in-african-americans
Those comorbidities have been recognized for a while.
My question regarding that is whether they are controlled comorbidities or not.
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@LuFins-Dad said in The Coronavirus is Racist:
My Doc seems to think high blood pressure and diabetes are the two biggest risk factors:
https://www.webmd.com/hypertension-high-blood-pressure/guide/hypertension-in-african-americans
Those comorbidities have been recognized for a while.
My question regarding that is whether they are controlled comorbidities or not.
@George-K my reply wasn’t meant to alert people that those comorbidities are particularly dangerous with COVID-19, but to point out that they are prevalent in the African American community.
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@LuFins-Dad said in The Coronavirus is Racist:
My Doc seems to think high blood pressure and diabetes are the two biggest risk factors:
https://www.webmd.com/hypertension-high-blood-pressure/guide/hypertension-in-african-americans
Those comorbidities have been recognized for a while.
My question regarding that is whether they are controlled comorbidities or not.
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@George-K said in The Coronavirus is Racist:
My question regarding that is whether they are controlled comorbidities or not.
What is a controlled comorbidity?
@Klaus said in The Coronavirus is Racist:
@George-K said in The Coronavirus is Racist:
My question regarding that is whether they are controlled comorbidities or not.
What is a controlled comorbidity?
I should have said controlled hypertension or diabetes.
IOW, is someone whose hypertension is well controlled at higher risk?
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@Klaus said in The Coronavirus is Racist:
@George-K said in The Coronavirus is Racist:
My question regarding that is whether they are controlled comorbidities or not.
What is a controlled comorbidity?
I should have said controlled hypertension or diabetes.
IOW, is someone whose hypertension is well controlled at higher risk?
@George-K said in The Coronavirus is Racist:
IOW, is someone whose hypertension is well controlled at higher risk?
Well, it seems logical that no hypertension is better than controlled hypertension which is better than uncontrolled hypertension.
But by how much? What's your guess?
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