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What does deprivation mean here? Early in the outbreak I remember seeing some research that indicated people of Asian descent (East Asian) are genetically pred
by forgot_again 6y ago
What does deprivation mean here?
Early in the outbreak I remember seeing some research that indicated people of Asian descent (East Asian) are genetically predisposed to more severe cases of this coronavirus, something to do with higher expression of the ACE-2 receptor.
- loeg 6y agoIt means poor. It's unclear to me (only skimmed the figures) if the various ethnic/racial hazard factors correct for poverty (deprivation) or not.
- pacificmint 6y agoThey took that into consideration: > People from Asian and black groups are at markedly increased risk of in-hospital death from COVID-19, and contrary to some prior speculation this is only partially attributable to pre-existing clinical risk factors or deprivation;
- loeg 6y agoI noted that. However, "partially attributable" doesn't suggest to me one way or the other whether or not they corrected for that impact in figure 3. Or maybe I'm misreading the sentence.