05-03-2021, 11:19 AM
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Re: Why is covid killing people of colour
Originally Posted by swimfeeders
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HiFirst some misconceptions.
Councils have minimal control over fast food outlets, the Government relaxed controls years ago.
There are plenty of street food outlets abroad, it is what we eat which matters..
I have been onboth a Covid Eard and A covid recovery ward.
Yes they are being run by BAME Groups, but they are having the vaccone.
They have studied and passed exams, white british do not, hence the disparity.
The Asians in particular are under huge parental pressure to do well at school.
Simple fact of life, we are lazier than them and many think it is cool not to do well at school.
05-03-2021, 11:30 AM
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Re: Why is covid killing people of colour
Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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It's not all down to laziness Swim, we got rights! The right to a decent wage as the unions have taught us in the past. Most of the bame groups aren't so fussy...
The only unemployed around here are white, and come from families with a history of unemployment.
They are also, frequently, obese and tattooed and foul mouthed.
They have the lowest success in both GCSE and A levels.
An uncomfortable truth.
Nothing to do with Minimum Wage, the hospital cleaners and porters were white, the nurses and above BAME.
05-03-2021, 11:48 AM
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Re: Why is covid killing people of colour
However, when I was in Barbados, most people were obese and smoked their heads off. Vitamin D is good, but it's not that good, and black skin does not absorb as much sunlight as white skin, so even in Barbados with all the sunshine it doesn't mean there isn't a Vit D deficiency. Obviously there are many other factors that determine the spread and outcome from the Covid 19 virus, but I believe sunshine and Vitamin D are the best weapons to have at your disposal. There is a good reason why viruses in the UK are worst in winter. From the end of October to the end of March, not only don't we go out as much, when we do there won't be a lot of skin showing.
It's time that some black people realised that white people are not the cause of their problems.
Too many generalisations
Some people are obese and some smoke in Barbados most are not and dont .It is the second country for centenarians none of whom are obese if you can’t get enough vit D in the tropics you won’t get it anywhere .
05-03-2021, 11:57 AM
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Re: Why is covid killing people of colour
Originally Posted by summer
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driving into bradford its easy to see what terrible hygiene standards abound....filthy curtains slung across filthy windows gardens strewn with rubbish litter everywhere....you can't keep blaming the government for this type of behaviour and poor standards....i grew up in the slums of leeds but i got a clip around the ear if i dropped litter.....people have to take personal responsibility the virus thrives because its allowed to.
05-03-2021, 08:25 PM
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Re: Why is covid killing people of colour
Black adults are the most likely of all ethnic groups to be obese. In part it's cultural and in part lifestyle or both. For example overweight women are considered attractive in some black cultures. Obesity leads to diabetes, heart problems and other health issues.https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures....-adults/latest
In terms of Asians there is a genetic prevalence to developing diabetes particularly in those from the Indian subcontinent. So they have to try extra hard to avoid diabetes and this makes them more prone to higher risk in covid outcomes.
https://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/content/62/5/1369
Those two factors combined with a sedentary lifestyle and questionable diet habits, along with deprivation and crowded lifestyle is IMO to blame for higher proportional incidence among BAME communities. As well as Vit D deficiency etc.
05-03-2021, 09:16 PM
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Re: Why is covid killing people of colour
Originally Posted by Muddy
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Too many generalisations Some people are obese and some smoke in Barbados most are not and dont .It is the second country for centenarians none of whom are obese if you can’t get enough vit D in the tropics you won’t get it anywhere .
Most are and do....I've never seen a slim Barbadian woman over the age of forty....(so somebody will produce an actress or model to dispute that, but that wouldn't be the average would it) That's not a generalisation, and every bloke I met smoked. And you said it yourself Muddy, most of them like rum, and it's the strong stuff too. How are you going to absorb sunlight to release Vitamin D with black skin, that has evolved to be black for protection from the sun.....
05-03-2021, 09:33 PM
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Re: Why is covid killing people of colour
Whatever is happening in Barbados can't be compared with lifestyles in the UK. There's scientific proof that eating saturated fat foods when you're stressed leads to sticky plaques, eat the same thing on a beautiful island where you are relaxed and it won't lead to heart disease.05-03-2021, 09:54 PM
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Re: Why is covid killing people of colour
Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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That's rubbish Muddy, and you know it is.... Most are and do....I've never seen a slim Barbadian woman over the age of forty....(so somebody will produce an actress or model to dispute that, but that wouldn't be the average would it) That's not a generalisation, and every bloke I met smoked. And you said it yourself Muddy, most of them like rum, and it's the strong stuff too. How are you going to absorb sunlight to release Vitamin D with black skin, that has evolved to be black for protection from the sun.....
06-03-2021, 12:16 AM
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Re: Why is covid killing people of colour
Originally Posted by Muddy
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It was interesting though that both of David’s Harewoods parents came from Barbados where diabetes is rife die to the diet which is very sugar orientated . Rum for a start is practically liquid sugar . Ditto cancer and they have covid too which knocks the vitamin D theory on the head ad they have lots of sun.
I’d like to see stats on their Vit D levels .
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