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2020-05-13 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

How coronavirus gripped the Navajo: More than 3,200 of the 175,000 population are infected and 100 have died after man who attended Tucson basketball game brought in virus and spread it to the community where a THIRD of homes don't have running water

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Posted by Skidmark 2020-05-13 07:28|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 Health
Diabetes. Alcoholism. Obesity. Cardiovascular disease. All are health problems that confront the Navajo at rates greater than the national average.

At the moment, Type 2 diabetes in children is rampant. In fact, the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes in Native American youth between 10 and 19 years old is more than nine times higher than in white children.

Other common health issues include cardiovascular disease and chronic obesity. Between 1995 and 2004, the most common cancer among the Navajo was colon cancer, while stomach cancer had the highest mortality rate, according to a report by the Navajo Epidemiology Center.

Alcohol abuse, and to a lesser extent, drug abuse, are also prevalent among the Navajo, which could explain their higher-than-average rates of motor vehicle related death, homicide, suicide and depression.

Many of the health problems expressed by the Navajo these days can be linked with their gradual transition from an active population who ate healthy foods to a more sedentary population who tend to eat starchy, packaged foods. Such a lifestyle can lead to diabetes, high blood pressure and chronic kidney disease.

Posted by Woodrow 2020-05-13 08:21|| 2020-05-13 08:21|| Front Page Top

#2 ..don't forget the genetic factors as well. The Navajo survive isolated in high desert country where water and food supplies have been limited for centuries. They adapted to their environment. Unfortunately, the environment changed with a dramatic increase in the availability of both. The Pueblo natives along the Rio Grand river corridor live among the communities the settlers established for a couple centuries (ie Tome NM est 1650) now. The settlers and the Pueblo natives have largely been farmers with somewhat reliable crops, food and water.

It will be interesting to compare to the Hopi tribe that the Navajo nation surrounds. They don't play well together. The Hopi have a long tradition of Pueblo runners and exercise.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-05-13 08:33|| 2020-05-13 08:33|| Front Page Top

#3 They didn't do a good enough job looking out for abuela or papa or big mama.

Posted by Clem 2020-05-13 08:53|| 2020-05-13 08:53|| Front Page Top

#4 South Korea, for all its First World hygiene, formal culture, and disciplined behaviours, also had a church superspreader event. But it isn’t all over Facebook how foreign nations sent South Korea medical supplies and volunteer medical staff.

Posted by trailing wife 2020-05-13 12:39|| 2020-05-13 12:39|| Front Page Top

#5 So Korea gave the world Rev. Moon

Posted by Lex 2020-05-13 12:41|| 2020-05-13 12:41|| Front Page Top

#6 And a dictatorship along the way, IIRC. In the South, that is.

Posted by Clem 2020-05-13 13:29|| 2020-05-13 13:29|| Front Page Top

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