Opinion: Are lung function algorithms perpetuating health disparities experienced by Black people?
“I can’t breathe” became a rallying cry against racism in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd and Eric Garner at the hands of the police. But chokeholds are far from the main cause of race-based disparities in respiratory deaths in the U.S.
The Covid-19 pandemic is more likely to asphyxiate Black people than white people. They are also more likely to die from asthma, pneumonia, and non-Covid-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome.