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> - For various socioeconomic reasons that subset happens to correlate very well with race > - Ergo, we can assume race as a risk factor for those diseases, an
by pseudo0 5y ago
> - For various socioeconomic reasons that subset happens to correlate very well with race
> - Ergo, we can assume race as a risk factor for those diseases, and thus a risk factor for COVID-19
So race isn't really a risk factor but rather an imperfect proxy for an actual risk factor (lack of access to healthcare). So why not address the genuine risk factor on the questionnaire? It's simple enough to ask the patient questions like:
- Do you have a family doctor?
- When was your last physical, blood work, etc?
- In the last five years, have you skipped or delayed medical treatment due to cost?
> [1] More generally: most complaints of "reverse racism" do not attempt to actually argue against a particular policy choice (e.g. affirmative action, progressive stack, antiracism etc), but make moral arguments about how racially-aware policies are facially immoral in any set of circumstances.
Even boomers stopped using the term "reverse racism" years ago, discrimination based on race is racism, full stop.
- kmeisthax 5y agoI can just lie and say I've never been to a doctor to get ahead in line, but lying about your race is more difficult. That being said, I don't know if this was the actual reason for not considering prior medical history instead of racial proxies for such. Most rationing schemes aren't that particularly well thought-out. More likely what happened is that when this scheme was being figured out, someone mentioned racial disparities in healthcare, everyone else agreed that it was a good idea to consider that a risk factor, and that was that.