Are there more indications that ethnicity plays a role?
A similar observation came today from RTL, which had found that in 39 socially weaker neighborhoods in the major cities, more people than average are tested positive. A relatively large number of low-educated and poorer people, including minorities, live in neighborhoods such as Nieuw-West and Zuidoost in Amsterdam.
However, no definitive conclusions can yet be drawn from this, again due to the fact that the background of sick people in the Netherlands is not recorded. Joke Padmos of the GGD Amsterdam Amstelland: “The most important factor for the infections here, also in districts such as Nieuw-West and Zuidoost, are young people and young adults, up to the age of 30. Many students also live in those districts. It is said that there are Infections are from weddings and parties, but we do not see that. We see that many parties have been canceled. Mosques are also not full. “
How is that in other countries?
In a country like the US, the background of people affected by the virus is recorded. The results are striking. From the data from the CDC (the ‘American RIVM’) shows, among other things, that black Americans and some other minorities are considerably more likely to contract covid than their white compatriots.
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