Will Wuhan Virus Wreak Havok on Black NYC Residents

Lately cities and states with relatively large black populations have seen a spike in "19" cases. I do NOT have a racial breakdown of the cases so I am *hypothesizing* as to what *could* happen. As mentioned in an earlier post having co-morbidities greatly increases ones chance of dying from or with the virus. Those leading issues are :

Cardiovascular disease
Hypertensions
Diabetes

What racial group has the highest incidents of these diseases? Blacks. The video below discusses what these diseases all have in common

So since we know that having metabolic syndrome greatly increases your chances of having severe reactions to "19", lets look at some data from NYC.

We can see that Black New Yorkers have the highest rates of heart disease deaths. Also in line with "19" statistics, black men are more likely to die of heart disease than black women.

Lets look at diabetes (using Brooklyn data):

As we can see again, blacks way out rate whites in diagnosis, hospitalizations and deaths.

It stands to reason that the high rates of CVD and Diabetes in the black community of NYC will play into higher death rates among Black people who get infected.