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I'm sure our newbie nutcases will be more than eager to explain to you will be more than happy to explain that this is a consequence of Covid19 having been genetically engineered by the WHO from a mutant strain of virus extracted from Bigfoot by the pilots of the black helicopters.
Back in the land of the sane, I'm assuming there are various factors other than the genetics of ethnicity which may be a factor in the apparent discrepancies in fatality figures. Multi-generational households, language comprehension, tendency to employment in customer service roles etc. As with many things at the moment, there are trends in the data, but distinguishing correlation from causation is difficult.
After all, the genetic differences relating to race and ethnicity are relatively minor. And if it's not genetic differences which cause the disparity in the fatality rates, that really only leaves lifestyle factors.
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Kumar RIP.
This is really sad. Kumar and everyone at FreshGo, my local shop, worked incredibly hard 365 days a year. No other shop is open from 6am to 11pm without fail. These guys need to be recognised as essential workers. They dealt with working in close proximity with some real idiots, drunks, teenagers nicking stuff. It's tragic that their hard work and the success of their shop has resulted in this.
Regarding the question of whether BAME people are more vulnerable. I don;t think it's a genetic thing. But people of Asian and African heritage often do jobs like this where they have a high exposure, I'm thinking cleaners and carers as well as shopkeepers. If I worked 17 hour shifts in a cramped shop I'd be at higher risk, too.
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More Asian men have died. Kumar (if that was his name, it seems to have been taken by the journalist from a Facebook post by someone who knew him) I may have met, as I always used to get some food in the shop where he worked before starting the London Classic/Cobblemonster (it's just across the street from the Gipsy Hill Tavern). RIP.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/20/london-death-shines-light-on-covid-19-threat-to-local-shopworkers
Obviously, it's still not clear whether people of Asian and African extraction seem to be more susceptible to the virus than white Europeans; general state of health and the jobs that people tend to do could also be a major factor. I think the suspicion was first generated by the disproportionate deaths of Asian and some African health workers, including a dozen doctors.