I'm writing an essay about black and brown people dying disproportionately from Covid-19 and I am livid. Like, incandescent with rage.
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Replying to @DoctorYasmin
I think it is worth looking at the experiences of ethnic minority Doctors in the UK. They make up 44% of doctors but over 90% of deaths. No socio-economic difference between doctors, no evidence of doctors in certain kinds of roles dying.
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Replying to @richardvadon @DoctorYasmin
This is interesting. Age and gender stratification made no difference? Smoking and other potential risks?
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Replying to @GidMK @DoctorYasmin
The people I’ve talked to think probably some of it is Co morbidity. Maybe some evidence that a higher proportion of ethnic minority doctors work past 60 but not to a degree that explains disparity.
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Replying to @richardvadon @DoctorYasmin
I have trouble with any death stats for COVID that aren't at least age/sex stratified. That being said, there are well known risks for some ethnic populations and diabetes/heart disease etc
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Replying to @richardvadon @DoctorYasmin
Thus far I am very unconvinced by the evidence. I would first want age, gender, and other much more likely factors to be excluded before looking at vit D tbh, it's associated with lots of things but usually as a proxy for income/ability to go outside
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Replying to @GidMK @DoctorYasmin
I agree up to a point and I can’t see explaining everything but I put my Mum on vitamin D weeks ago.
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I'm always skeptical about Vit D these days after so many associations have been tested in RCTs and largely not found to be beneficial, especially for supplementation
Probably can't hurt tho 
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