Are you implying that covid infections depend on the race? If not then controlling for socio-economic attributes should fulfill the role that you'd often see approximated via race. And if yes - could you link a relevant paper?
They tried to control for uneven sociodemographic distribution of virus prevalence. Why would explicitly controlling for race be any more useful than that?
viraptor|4 years ago
murgindrag|4 years ago
And no, controlling for socio-economic attributes does not fulfill the role "approximated via race."
Statistically, racial differences tend to include:
- Cultural differences, including preferences for field-of-work, family structure, socialization patterns, etc., all of which affects R0
- Economic differences (e.g. Does one need to take a Tylenol and show up to work even when sick?)
- In some cases, medical differences (e.g. vitamin D, which appears to play a major role in COVID19)
- Geographic differences (communities tend to segregate by race, and outbreaks are geographic in nature)
- Trust of institutions (which impacts vaccination, testing, and treatment rates)
... and so on.
This is about group-level statistics, and isn't helpful with individuals.
But if you're doing a population study, yes, this is an important control.
maweki|4 years ago
100011|4 years ago
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mrob|4 years ago