Master in Food Ethics and Law

UNESCO Chair in Bioethics

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  • Bioethics and Law Observatory
  • UNESCO Chair in Bioethics
  • University of Barcelona
  • Faculty of Law
  • Ave. Diagonal, 684
  • 08034 Barcelona
  • (+34) 93 403 45 46
  • obd.ub@ub.edu
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  • Master in Bioethics and Law
  • (+34) 93 403 45 46
  • master.bd@ub.edu

 

"COVID-19 and ethnicity: who will research results apply to?"

The Lancet

The toll of COVID-19 is not equal. Evidence globally shows a  greater  COVID-19  burden  with  older  age,  male  sex,  obesity,  comorbidities,  and  poverty.1–4  Early  data  suggest  that   people   from   Black,   Asian,   and   minority   ethnic   (BAME) groups in the UK and Black, Hispanic, and Native American  groups  in  the  USA  are  disproportionately  at  risk   of   severe   COVID-19   complications   and   deaths.3,5A  recent  systematic  review  of  published,  preprint,  and  grey  literature  concluded  that  BAME  communities  are  at  increased  risk  of  infection  from  severe  acute  respiratory  syndrome    coronavirus    2    and    have    more    adverse    outcomes, including death.6