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The impact of Covid on BAME communities
Consultant Physician Dr Ali Sheikh explains that, in her experience, Covid-19 seems to have disproportionately affected the black, asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, and the reasons why this may be the case.
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Dr. Sheh, can I ask you in terms of both the acute COVID symptoms and the long COVID symptoms, do you think, have you seen any difference in black and ethnic minority versus Caucasian white people in terms of the incidence, just anecdotally? As a medical person, I can't because I didn't work. I missed the whole COVID period. I was off from mid-April till end-June practically. But in my experience in my healthcare profession around me most of them are from BAME background who are unwell and it may be something to do with genes or something to do with a NHS discrimination that I am not aware of that need definitely need further evaluation. Thank you.
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