• SSJBlueStalin [he/him]
    ·
    4 years ago

    I think this take underestimstes the way the elete view us in general and bipoc in particular as beneith them. I don't think they think enough of us to do a bioweapon situation.

    Theh know everytime they pee in the pool the poorist and most desperate will get it worst. That is the apparant stated goal of the GOP and it is perfectly reasonable to assume their masters have the same kinda framework.

    The virus is exactly what every medical text book i have read predicted would happen. In my framework here, they knew it was gonna happen eventually so they didnt need to force it. They just had to place their bets and wait for them to payout.

    You, could be right. I have no way to find evidence to lean towards one way or the other. So in this dialectic both are important to consider.

    • lvysaur [he/him]
      ·
      4 years ago

      The virus is exactly what every medical text book i have read predicted would happen.

      Well, it just coincidentally and mysteriously affects Black people far worse than anyone else.

      It's not just due to comorbidities either. There is a particular SNP that is more common in African-descended people, which correlates highly to disease severity. I'll try to find my bookmark and post it here, but the SNP also predicted disease severity in whites (it was just less common)

      • SSJBlueStalin [he/him]
        ·
        4 years ago

        I'm gonna pull a class reductionist here.

        Everyrhing is worse for poor people. Cant skip work, cant go to the doctor, dont always get all the right vitamins, all the useual. And because it is america black people are over represented in the poor population.

        My middle class friends can work from home, get grocieries delivered and can get tests easily enough.

        It makes sense they would get worse. The game has been rigged to ensure it is so.

        • lvysaur [he/him]
          ·
          edit-2
          4 years ago

          Everyrhing is worse for poor people.

          Black people die more even when you control for location, income, and comorbidities. The virus, for whatever reason, is more deadly for Black people, for genetic reasons.

          It also curiously seems to affect Asian people less (same death rate as Europeans, despite living almost exclusively in crowded cities)