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Ben Snaith

Virus Is Twice as Deadly for Black and Latino People Than Whites in N.Y.C. - The New Yo... - 0 views

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Coronavirus Statistics Data Bias Health

shared by Ben Snaith on 23 Apr 20 - No Cached
  • The coronavirus is killing black and Latino people in New York City at twice the rate that it is killing white people
  • In New York City, Latinos represent 34 percent of the people who have died of the coronavirus but make up 29 percent of the city’s population, according to preliminary data from the city’s Health Department. Black people represent 28 percent of deaths but make up 22 percent of the population.
  • In Chicago, for example, black people account for 72 percent of virus-related fatalities, even though they make up a little less than a third of the population.
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  • Data from the Health Department shows that emergency room visits for flulike symptoms have surged in neighborhoods where the typical household income is less than the city’s median of $60,000, according to an analysis of data by The New York Times.
  • “We are watching, in real time, racial disparities and the pandemic of poverty,” said Michael Blake, an assemblyman from the Bronx whose district overlaps with one of the poorest congressional districts in the country.
fionntan

Prediction models for diagnosis and prognosis of covid-19 infection: systematic review ... - 1 views

www.bmj.com/...bmj.m1328

Coronavirus Models Research Papers

shared by fionntan on 11 May 20 - No Cached
  • fionntan on 11 May 20
     
    This review indicates that proposed models are poorly reported, at high risk of bias, and their reported performance is probably optimistic. Immediate sharing of well documented individual participant data from covid-19 studies is needed for collaborative efforts to develop more rigorous prediction models and validate existing ones. The predictors identified in included studies could be considered as candidate predictors for new models.
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