Subj : Re: COVID-19 demographics
To   : JEFF THIELE
From : Mike Powell
Date : Thu Oct 27 2022 18:40:00

>  MP> >  MP> There are
>  MP> >  MP> diseases that do indeed affect persons of different ethnic and
>  MP> >  MP> genealogic
>  MP> >  MP> backgrounds than do others.  Research into whether or not COVID wa
>  MP> >  MP> of them would be of interest and might help put things into contex
>  MP> > Indeed, it's been well-documented that due to a combination of genetics
>  MP> > various stressors associated with generational poverty, black people in
>  MP> > with COVID-19 were more likely to die than white people with COVID-19.
>  MP> So there have been genetic reasons documented?  I only seem to ever hear
>  MP> the latter, which should also mean that Apalachians should have been
>  MP> dying at a higher rate for the same reasons.

> It seems that there are variants of the APOL1 gene that are largely only
> present in people of West African descent. While these variants can help
> against African sleeping sickness, they can also make people more vilnerable
> to complications from HIV and COVID-19.

Interesting.  I also saw something on the local news yesterday that
mentioned the vaccines were more effective when the subject exercised
regularly.  Another reason not to become a couch potato.  :)


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