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Because there are a slew of biological factors (such as predisposition to sickle cell anemia) that are more prevalent in black people than white people.
Don't factor race into medical evaluation, that's racist and you are killing black people. Factor race into medical evaluation, that's racist and you are killing black people.
It's a no win.
Things like, say, an increased need for vitamin D supplements in colder climates, because you need sunlight to manufacture vitamin D to make serotonin and the increased melanin blocks what little sun is available way up north? Sure. That one is a difference off the top of my head that people really just don't think about.
Kidney function is provably not one of them and never was, so you're gonna have to fuck off with that. I usually make a conscious, concerted effort to be a better person than I was on reddit, but you already admitted in another comment that you don't know shit about medicine and you seem bothered in the opposite direction regardless.
So with the possibility of this topic being your emotional support knowledge base out of the picture, the only horse you logically seem to have in this is that seeing ethnic minorities demand that we stop allowing them to die by reason of nothing annoys you to have to listen to.
If that's not the case, I might be a bit quieter and rephrase everything you said forever, because it does not look like you want it to look. If it IS the case, get the fuck off my platform.
Sickle cell anemia would like a word. Some diseases are absolutely more prevalent in certain races. The problem is we as a society fail to distinguish between "being racist" and "acknowledging differences". You point out differences and suddenly you're racist, even if it is relevant. In this case, it seems not to be relevant and is good it is being removed. But let's not pretend there aren't factual reasons for it to exist in some crcumstances.
Another example is pulse oxygen monitors being worse on melonated skin. It's a result of the physical properties of the skin. Is it racist to acknowledge this and have different method for people with different skin types? Absolutely not.
Not everything is an identity issue. And it's not "your platform" you egotistical prick. Fuck off yourself.
Bullshit. The problem is the creators of devices only tested them on white people so didn't adjust for differing refractive properties in coloured skin. Same goes with motion-detecting faucets.
Stop blaming the victim ffs.
Continue to try to be a better person than you were on reddit.
I admitted I'm not a doctor and commented on the rhetoric. You came in acting like master of all racial doctoring, and with the same confrontational virtue signaling aggression I pointed out.
I highly doubt that any doctor is trying to kill black patients because they are racist.
Instead of "we detected a bad test and are trying to fix it, yay!" It's "yall racist fucks be killing us because you're racist. Why did you bring race into my Healthcare anyway?"
Answer to that question "because you just said 'you racist fucks won't consider my race and you treat us like white people, and that is killing us'."
It's never a productive conversation.
It's always "yall racist. I'm a victim of your racism. I'm a victim of you. Stand up, no, sit down, why yall standing? Look at you standing, so racist. If you werent racist youd sit down. Look at the racist just sittin' there. Stop victimizing me. Get on your belly. Why your racist ass on your belly? Oppressing me with your lying on your belly ass."
It’s not a game, it’s peoples’ lives. Treat patients as they are, factor in race when it’s relevant, and no reasonable person will think that you’re racist.
It’s only racist when one factors in race when it’s not relevant, thus harming patients.
It's called practicing medicine for a reason, and perhaps advancement isn't being made faster because no matter what the doctor practicing the medicine does, they are called a racist who is intentionally trying to kill them, so the doctors steer clear of the topics, and outdated measurements stay in use for decades.
Honestly, it reeks of excuses for malpractice lawsuits.