This is just so stupid I can’t even take it. Sure, maybe the virus was engineered to affect some groups more than others… more likely, Jews were less affected than other groups because they tend to have higher level incomes (thus access to better healthcare and ability to not be exposed), high healthcare literacy probably because many doctors are Jewish (15%+ of US MDs but 1.9% of the population), they’re less likely to live in places where no one cared about the virus. Jews also tend to have significantly lower Obesity rates than whites, Blacks, and Latinos. Then if you look at Israel they took the virus extremely seriously- literally as an existential threat. Unlike the US, they had much clearer directions and efficient distribution of vaccines.
For similar reasons, this is why Chinese-Americans might have a lower case fatality rate. Obesity is one of the biggest predictors of COVID-death, after age. I would also assume the Asian-American average age is skewed towards the younger side.
It’s also worth noting China’s national mortality stats are simply not trustworthy at all. They officially claim something like 84,000 deaths, which is ludicrous. It is estimated the actual number is 1m if not higher.
I doubt RFK Jr is skilled in medical literature analysis considering most doctors aren’t very good at it. He strikes me as someone where no amount of data to the contrary of his conspiracies will ever be enough to convince him. There is no such thing as a perfect study- everything has limitations. There is also cost, ethical considerations, time, etc that must be taken into account. And I don’t like his slippery attitude if I’m not antivaxx, but then I’m going to say everything to suggest people should be very concerned to get vaccinated.
The sad thing is he actually makes some good points about things like FDA regulatory capture and the degradation of standards in some respects- but this is an pretty niche topic and one with nuances that’s going to go over the most of the public’s head or be misinterpreted unless very carefully presented.
Btw- RFK Jr has also associated with antisemitic, homophobic, radical black nationalists to spread the idea that the MMR vaccine was targeted to harm black boys.
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