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[-] [email protected] 23 points 5 days ago

As not yankee, why is ethnicity even stored in that database??

[-] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

Race is somewhat relevant to medical care. I forget why?

[-] [email protected] 18 points 5 days ago

It can be helpful to be able to track medical trends within an ethnic group, or to focus on certain diseases that only affect a specific group (e.g. sickle cell in the Black community). Unfortunately, that same data in the wrong hands becomes a problem.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Fwiw, Asians are lactose intolerant. Scandinavians are more prone to diabetes and cystic fibrosis.

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