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Black babies in the US are THREE TIMES more likely to die in hospital than white children when cared for by a white doctor, study finds
2020-08-18
Posted by:Skidmark

#26  Black babies in the US are THREE TIMES more likely to die in hospital than white children when cared for by a white doctor, study finds

Fine. Pick a black doctor.
Posted by: gorb   2020-08-18 22:26  

#25  From the article: "The team attributed this shocking disparity to higher rates of eclampsia and preeclampsia (potentially dangerous high blood sugar during pregnancy) among the mothers while they were pregnant, higher rates of preterm delivery, economic disadvantage and racial bias."

Perhaps the white doctors are less aware of how to handle this situation.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2020-08-18 17:19  

#24  Having babies in abortion clinics is deadly....
Posted by: 49 Pan   2020-08-18 16:15  

#23  with a ton of pictures and irrelevant videos overlapping what you wanted to read
Posted by: Frank G   2020-08-18 16:14  

#22  Once again a DM article drinks 16 pints of cheap beer, passes out, and can't figure out why they shit the bed.

But being good stout Englishmen, they'll still get up tomorrow and do it all over again.
Posted by: SteveS   2020-08-18 16:08  

#21  I'd look at poor diet, lack of pre-natal care, and overall health first.

My first thought; along the theory that vegetarians and especially vegans have underdeveloped infants. Children born addicted to drugs is a real thing.

The researchers analyzed records on 1.8 million hospital births in Florida between 1992 and 2015.

Oooook...Which Florida?

At baseline, 1,090 out of every 100,000 black babies born died within the first 28 days of life.

That was more than twice the death rate among white babies: 490 per 100,000.

The team attributed this shocking disparity to higher rates of eclampsia and preeclampsia (potentially dangerous high blood sugar during pregnancy) among the mothers while they were pregnant, higher rates of preterm delivery, economic disadvantage and racial bias.


Oh, its the racial bias.

Once again a DM article drinks 16 pints of cheap beer, passes out, and can't figure out why they shit the bed.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-08-18 15:52  

#20  ^😢
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-08-18 15:37  

#19   I thought most of the doctors in USA are Hindu?

Hinjoos, all of ‘em.
Posted by: trailing wife   2020-08-18 15:30  

#18  I would think some factor is missing, such as the parents waiting longer before seeking care, or white doctors being in higher positions so that really bad cases are escalated to them.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2020-08-18 14:37  

#17  if your parents didn't have sex, it's likely you won't either.

Mitosis is reproduction too, you chromasomalist!
#Mitosis
Posted by: SteveS   2020-08-18 13:40  

#16  Sexual reproduction and parental care are two different things, Crawford - look it up in Wikipedia.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-08-18 12:38  

#15  Grom, sex is hereditary -- if your parents didn't have sex, it's likely you won't either.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2020-08-18 12:36  

#14  It's hard to make it out of the neonate unit when you were born addicted to crack.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-08-18 12:29  

#13  The saying goes: If you can stay out of the hospital and the courthouse, you are living well...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-08-18 12:27  

#12  Poor parental care is genetic.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-08-18 11:48  

#11   Inbreeding?

Genetics is certainly a possibility. I'd look at poor diet, lack of pre-natal care, and overall health first.
Posted by: SteveS   2020-08-18 11:44  

#10  I smell big-time f'in bovine egesta, too.
Posted by: Clem   2020-08-18 11:35  

#9  #7 Inbreeding?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-08-18 11:28  

#8  Will the Daily Mail(UK) enlighten us to what the equivalent statistics are in England? Or in France, for that matter. Agree that the smell of BS is strong here.
Posted by: magpie   2020-08-18 11:27  

#7  The smell is strong indeed.

A bit of googling for US infant mortality rates by race (for example - scroll down for bar chart) shows the rate for blacks is roughly 2~3 times that for whites. That's in the aggregate without controlling for the doctor's race.
Posted by: SteveS   2020-08-18 11:23  

#6  That's baby poo.
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-08-18 11:14  

#5  I smell bullshit.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-08-18 10:37  

#4  Or blacks become doctors instead of gang bangers and gangstas.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2020-08-18 10:06  

#3  Then I suggest they stop having babies.
Posted by: Dacama   2020-08-18 10:05  

#2  Aren't Hindus the original Aryans?
Posted by: DooDahMan   2020-08-18 10:04  

#1  ^5 times as likely when cared by a "Black" doctor?

p.s. I thought most of the doctors in USA are Hindu?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-08-18 10:01  

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