Question

Statistics in Practice #4

The current COVID-19 Pandemic is threatening the health of all people and the world economy. During a recent press conference members from the White House Coronavirus Team identified a pattern suggesting that Black and American Indian individuals, while not more or less likely to be infected with COVID-19, tend to have more severe outcomes when infected. In other words, Black and American Indian individuals (as a group) express more severe symptoms and higher rates of morbidity than individuals of other races or ethnicities. There is no evidence at this time of a genetic component. Using readily available sources identify and evaluate the possible causes of this increased severity and morbidity among these individuals. Include statistical information (comparing morbidity rates among various racial groups) in your response. Limit your discussion to bona fide scientific inquiries from actual medical professionals rather than editorial comments or conjecture. You may also want to consider that this same pattern tends to exist in other forms of medical maladies.

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