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| By Nadine White |
As many as a third of coronavirus patients may be Black or Asian, nearly three times the 13% proportion of the UK population that they make up.
Some 14% of those with the most serious cases were Black and the same amount were Asian, according to the research, sparking calls for further probes into structural inequality and health outcomes.
The alarming figures come from a study of 2,000 people by the Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre (ICNARC). Lord Simon Woolley, chair of the landmark Race Disparity Audit’s advisory group, said this research reflected the need for the government to appoint a minister dedicated to furthering racial equality.
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When I see non-white doctors who were on the Covid-19 front die along with the non-white working class carers, I doubt that structural inequality has much to do with it. Why are there no MSM reports asking about the effect of Vitamin D deficiency on Covid-19 cases? I've read a few medics who detail the problem this has for those infected. And the unquestionable fact that non-whites have real problems getting enough Vitamin D in our latitudes. These doctors regard the deficiency as they regard diabetes or other serious underlying illnesses.
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