Race Based Medical Data
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Of course, anything that involves race is super sensitive and super controversial.
Here is an example of one disease.
"Black people are more likely to have a rare blood type that people with sickle cell anemia need. That rare blood type is needed to treat sickle cell anemia, a condition predominantly found in people of African descent. Black people are about 10 times more likely to have Ro blood type than White people."
Blacks Blood Donor Racist Sickle Cell Controversy Grows In The UK (newsone.com)
Here is another example.
"Does a donor’s ethnic background make a difference? Yes, it does. There’s a link between race and matching bone marrow. Certain genes manage immunity. Those genes may be different based on race or ethnicity. Fewer people of color donate bone marrow, limiting the number of people who can receive donated bone marrow."
Bone Marrow Donation: Who Can Donate and How It Works (clevelandclinic.org)
Here is an example of one disease.
"Black people are more likely to have a rare blood type that people with sickle cell anemia need. That rare blood type is needed to treat sickle cell anemia, a condition predominantly found in people of African descent. Black people are about 10 times more likely to have Ro blood type than White people."
Blacks Blood Donor Racist Sickle Cell Controversy Grows In The UK (newsone.com)
Here is another example.
"Does a donor’s ethnic background make a difference? Yes, it does. There’s a link between race and matching bone marrow. Certain genes manage immunity. Those genes may be different based on race or ethnicity. Fewer people of color donate bone marrow, limiting the number of people who can receive donated bone marrow."
Bone Marrow Donation: Who Can Donate and How It Works (clevelandclinic.org)
I went to the hospital for some tests a few months ago. I was told that my body can only accept a certain type of blood ("tiger blood").
One of my co-workers contracted blood cancer a few years ago and he could accept bone marrow from only a very specific population.
One of my co-workers contracted blood cancer a few years ago and he could accept bone marrow from only a very specific population.
When I was in college, the Red Cross did donation clinics on a regular basis. I did my fair share, no problem.
Some people were deathly afraid and there were always a few fainters.
Even if I volunteered now, however, they wouldn't accept my blood.
Some people were deathly afraid and there were always a few fainters.
Even if I volunteered now, however, they wouldn't accept my blood.
Yet, in spite of it causing you trouble repeatedly, you just can't seem to resist bringing it up over and over.
As Patrick from SpongeBob would say:
The gene pool of “blacks“ born in Africa in general has close to zero Caucasian or European influence whereas the gene pool of many American or Caribbean “blacks “ has a significant amount of Caucasian or European content.
There is much more to this than just seeing colour(s).
I am so glad I will be worm food in under 30 years. Maybe/hopefully considerably less (but not too soon, still have some miles to walk on this path). Feel for my children though.
The talking heads tell us to be aware, woke, how to eliminate racism, racial bias in ourselves. And yet hardly a week goes by when they aren’t making everything about race. Weather cancel culture, wokenism, the desire to want a world where everyone are mute bobbleheads.
I am all for class distinctions, doing what we can. Nor does it take a degree in rocket science to understand white privelage, and or that various segments are disadvantaged. But we can address that, without making everything about race. Can also see the need to rethink how services are delivered to rural areas. Rural Canada pretty much gets shat on. And I’m sure the US isn’t much different.
Pretty sure, we are going to blow. It will start in the US. And it will be a class war. The signs are already there, soo many. Or perhaps more accurately, the beginning is here.
let them eat cake.
The talking heads tell us to be aware, woke, how to eliminate racism, racial bias in ourselves. And yet hardly a week goes by when they aren’t making everything about race. Weather cancel culture, wokenism, the desire to want a world where everyone are mute bobbleheads.
I am all for class distinctions, doing what we can. Nor does it take a degree in rocket science to understand white privelage, and or that various segments are disadvantaged. But we can address that, without making everything about race. Can also see the need to rethink how services are delivered to rural areas. Rural Canada pretty much gets shat on. And I’m sure the US isn’t much different.
Pretty sure, we are going to blow. It will start in the US. And it will be a class war. The signs are already there, soo many. Or perhaps more accurately, the beginning is here.
let them eat cake.
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Archive: Whites More Prone to Certain Heart Condition than Other Ethnic Groups
An individual’s race or ethnic background could be a determining factor when it comes to risk of atrial fibrillation, the most frequently diagnosed type of irregular heart rhythm, according to researchers at UCSF.
So it appears that Caucasian people may get preferential treatment for these types of heart conditions.
I know this is probably impossible on this Board but it would be great if we could discuss medical issues objectively without the usual suspect(s) resorting to their usual false accusations of racism/racist.
"PEOPLE from the Indian subcontinent have narrower coronary arteries than white Europeans, say researchers at a British hospital. This may help explain their unusually high risk of developing heart disease."
Science : Narrow arteries fail Indian hearts | New Scientist
Why Do South Asians Have Such High Rates of Heart Disease? - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
"PEOPLE from the Indian subcontinent have narrower coronary arteries than white Europeans, say researchers at a British hospital. This may help explain their unusually high risk of developing heart disease."
Science : Narrow arteries fail Indian hearts | New Scientist
Why Do South Asians Have Such High Rates of Heart Disease? - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Diabetes among the indigenous people in North America was unheard of before the arrival of the white man.
The link between diabetes among Indigenous peoples and colonialism | Broadview Magazine
The link between diabetes among Indigenous peoples and colonialism | Broadview Magazine
Exactly, and if those risk factors were pertaining to non-white people, that would not be preferential treatment either.
I'm not sure you understood the CMAJ guidance. They emphasize using genetics over race, being concerned about how characteristics like race are assessed. (self-assessed? assigned by the government?)
I hear you. That is why I quoted the published article(s), or simply just reproduced the article(s) as is. If there is a flaw then the problem lies with the published article(s).
I also read/heard that smallpox was non-existent in the Americas until the arrival of the white man but that is another story.
Native American disease and epidemics - Wikipedia
