They need faculty who aren’t totally ignorant of genetics to correct these students. “Race” might be a social construct, but “genetics” are not socially constructed, and this statement just highlights that Yale nursing students apparently are never taught a class on genetics. 
https://twitter.com/SoOppressed/status/1401731174528176128
The major variant in this study is only found in people of African descent:
The way I always approached this with students was to point out that genes related to disease processes have nothing to do with the genes related to skin color, and are variable within populations, so everyone still needs to be treated as an individual.
But, it is still important to understand that different genes are found in different proportions within different demographic groups, and it is important to study how they impact health and disease, all while treating everyone as an individual.
Razib chimes in:
https://twitter.com/razibkhan/status/1401746309002928130
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