30 Jan 21
The post that was quoted here has been removedDeath rates from covid will go up for dark skinned people the further they live from the equator.
Dark Skinned people in North America and Western Europe suffer from vitamin d deficiency at a much higher rate than the white population.
@eladar saidAll of that is still simply not true. It's a beautiful, credible conjecture, but unfortunately for you it is belied by the facts. True scientists get rid of a theory when the facts do not bear it out, just as Kepler ditched his equally beautiful platonic solid model of the solar system when it turned out not to fit the measurements. Are you willing to be as honest as Kepler, or are you more like Lysenko, who stuck to his politically motivated theories while millions died?
Death rates from covid will go up for dark skinned people the further they live from the equator.
Dark Skinned people in North America and Western Europe suffer from vitamin d deficiency at a much higher rate than the white population.
30 Jan 21
@shallow-blue saidDo you have proof that it is not true.
All of that is still simply not true. It's a beautiful, credible conjecture, but unfortunately for you it is belied by the facts. True scientists get rid of a theory when the facts do not bear it out, just as Kepler ditched his equally beautiful platonic solid model of the solar system when it turned out not to fit the measurements. Are you willing to be as honest as Kep ...[text shortened]... , or are you more like Lysenko, who stuck to his politically motivated theories while millions died?
It is a scientific fact that vitamin d deficiency causes higher death rates.
It is a scientific fact that the darker the person's skin, the more difficult it is to make vitamin d.