I want to see if I can find a better collection of data, but this is a start,

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Those case fatalities rates are still way high, because we're still underestimating how many people got it and were never diagnosed.

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I agree. It wasn't my intent to make a case for the infection rate. I was just trying to see what part of the population is affected the most.

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fat girlfriend said:

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Those case fatalities rates are still way high, because we're still underestimating how many people got it and were never diagnosed.

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I agree. It wasn't my intent to make a case for the infection rate. I was just trying to see what part of the population is affected the most.

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I wonder if we'll find some genetic reason it seems to infect people with darker skin more often, or if the reasons will be sociological.

fat girlfriend said:

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I wonder if we'll find some genetic reason it seems to infect people with darker skin more often, or if the reasons will be sociological.

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That is what I am trying to figure out with the numbers in the RGV, Dallas, and Harris counties. The Hispanics are getting hit much harder at a rate beyond their population rate. Vitamin D deficiency is also common in those groups and several studies have shown that is common in those that get worse cases and death.

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goodAg80 said:

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fat girlfriend said:

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Those case fatalities rates are still way high, because we're still underestimating how many people got it and were never diagnosed.

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I agree. It wasn't my intent to make a case for the infection rate. I was just trying to see what part of the population is affected the most.

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I wonder if we'll find some genetic reason it seems to infect people with darker skin more often, or if the reasons will be sociological.

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Vitamin D

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fat girlfriend said:

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I wonder if we'll find some genetic reason it seems to infect people with darker skin more often, or if the reasons will be sociological.

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That is what I am trying to figure out with the numbers in the RGV, Dallas, and Harris counties. The Hispanics are getting hit much harder at a rate beyond their population rate. Vitamin D deficiency is also common in those groups and several studies have shown that is common in those that get worse cases and death.

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All of the US border counties are getting slammed. As is Mexico. This virus appears to follow seasonality patterns similar to other flu and coronaviruses, with different transmission characteristics at different latitudes.

Anyone with a social network that quickly extends into Mexico will be affected. Add in the social and familial characteristics of Hispanics and it's a challenging set of circumstances.

In short, I think the impact of geography and the social graph carry more influence than Vitamin D.

HCP = Health Care Professionals

CDC Website isn't very good. This is what I could find

Plus, it would help top be able to break down numbers even further but we just may not be at that place yet. For instance, level of fitness, level of non BMI obesity, particular type of preexisting conditions etc. Any time you have states on an age group, even all of mus between 45-55 aren't at all the same . Some are in better condition than 30 year olds and others are worse off then some 70 year olds. Instead we get generalities. Which means we get policies that are too generalized. Just like making someone in some small West Texas town close their bar by using the same justifications as making a Dallas bar shut down. They are not the same.

Capitol Ag said:

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Plus, it would help top be able to break down numbers even further but we just may not be at that place yet. For instance, level of fitness, level of non BMI obesity, particular type of preexisting conditions etc. Any time you have states on an age group, even all of mus between 45-55 aren't at all the same . Some are in better condition than 30 year olds and others are worse off then some 70 year olds. Instead we get generalities. Which means we get policies that are too generalized. Just like making someone in some small West Texas town close their bar by using the same justifications as making a Dallas bar shut down. They are not the same.

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I agree. It is very disappointing how poor the data collection is. In the business I am in, people would get fired for such a poor data collection. It allows for no reasonable analysis and decision making. Way too much of the response has been seat of the pants. It makes it easy to politicize the whole thing.

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goodAg80 said:

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fat girlfriend said:

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Those case fatalities rates are still way high, because we're still underestimating how many people got it and were never diagnosed.

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I agree. It wasn't my intent to make a case for the infection rate. I was just trying to see what part of the population is affected the most.

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I wonder if we'll find some genetic reason it seems to infect people with darker skin more often, or if the reasons will be sociological.

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In my opinion, it's largely driven by the makeup of the "essential" workforce that didn't have the opportunity to work remotely.

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And live in a higher rate of multifamily housing. Obesity in Texas also comes into play

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My Mexican wife also noted that 'isolating with your immediate family' can mean different things. White families may interpret this as your nuclear family whereas some Hispanic and large Catholic families may interpret it to also include your tios and tias, all your primas, etc. A larger net is cast and risk is increased. (I wonder if a similar comparison can be made to large Italian families?)