Another typical example of junk journalism! The real issue of large numbers of amputations due to diabetes is bizarrely distorted by racism and ideology!
And who helped distribute this propaganda and demagoguery, the usual suspects: The Guardian and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health!
The underlying The Guardian article is actually about the extremely high number of amputations performed per year due to diabetes, which is very tragic and a serious issue:
"... About 38 million Americans have diabetes, and each year a staggering 154,000 Americans will suffer amputations, roughly 80% of which will be the result of complications from diabetes. Their life expectancy following this procedure is five years; the probability of a second amputation is up to 35%. By comparison, a total of 1,700 American soldiers had limbs removed since 2002 due to injuries sustained during combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. ..."
Again only skin color is used! This is gross misrepresentation and distortion of the worst kind! What needs to be compared is individuals with similar socio-economic circumstances!
"A “mega disparity”:
Black Americans are 4X more likely to have an amputation than white Americans and are 3X more likely to have peripheral artery disease, a diabetes-related disorder."
More than 100,000 Americans with diabetes have limbs amputated each year. This is a crisis "Black Americans with diabetes are four times more likely to suffer amputations than white Americans"
No comments:
Post a Comment