Review on sickle cell trait and covid outcomes in Black popl’n by @UofT resident Dr.Osundiji. So important for us to study genetics in non-whites to better understand health outcomes in these populations. There is a caveat tho. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
It is not a pass for the genetics community to ignore the well established non-genetic determinants of health outcomes in Black people. I’ll call this, “the other things”. blackhealthalliance.ca/home/social-de…
Genetics professionals need to be v. aware that our genetics enthusiasm is gobbled up by the laypublic and risks drowning out a commitment to fixing “the other things”. Genetic code cannot be fixed.
We may be inadvertently contributing to a false narrative that there is nothing we can do to fix health outcomes in marginalized communities.
A real partnership with marginalized communities (beyond “gimme your DNA”) would better ensure that genetics research/care better represents the interests of marginalized communities. This is precisely why BiPOC representation in clin genetics is essential. FIN but not really
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