flango@lemmy.eco.br to News@lemmy.world · 2 days agoRFK Jr’s claim about Black people’s immune systems is ‘unscientific and terrifying’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1811arrow-down111file-text
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Kennedy’s hearing signifies how close a man with medically racist beliefs is to becoming the US’s leading health official
minus-squareandros_rex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 hours agoThis is a huge problem, the stats are way worse for nurses as I recall. Even some textbooks still claim that black people have higher pain tolerance and need less medication. Black people are denied opioids and treated as “drug seeking” far more than white patients. They can have problems accessing treatment for opioid use disorders too. In 2021, maternal mortality rates for black women were about 2.6 that of non Hispanic white women. Its not hard to see why.
This is a huge problem, the stats are way worse for nurses as I recall. Even some textbooks still claim that black people have higher pain tolerance and need less medication. Black people are denied opioids and treated as “drug seeking” far more than white patients. They can have problems accessing treatment for opioid use disorders too.
In 2021, maternal mortality rates for black women were about 2.6 that of non Hispanic white women. Its not hard to see why.