Race and the Virus | Glenn Loury & John McWhorter [The Glenn Show]

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The Cognitive Rambler3 weeks ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wkuxgensr4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wkuxgensr4&lc=UgxCk4eHxjkSUnCRxt54AaABAg

https://youtu.be/Xym3kFuBX3Y

I see Glenn & John, I watch. To comment on what it is; John's awesome, yes, but it's just the chemistry you two have in conversation. You have a lot of mutual respect, but also a lot of area where you guys are able to disagree. You guys are exemplars of debate done right where your pluralism of ideas doesn't get in the way of your friendship, mutual respect, and earnest willingness to listen to each other.

There is a physiological basis for the high mortality in the black community. Chronic vitamin D deficiency is a cause for many preexisting conditions, including hypertension, asthma, and heart disease. You cannot make vitamin D during the fall and winter if you live at latitudes above the 37th parallel(NYC, Chicago, etc...). Plus, dark skinned people need up to 6 times the dose of sunlight to make the same amount of vitamin D that a fair skinned caucasian would make. If you are vitamin D deficient you are immune compromised. Combine vitamin D deficiency, a historically poor diet, and the fact that many black folks work in the service industry which increases their exposure to high viral loads, and boom, we got problems.
Always a joy to watch.



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