Why Race and Ethnicity Are Not Like Other Risk Factors

Since early in the Covid-19 pandemic, there have been wide disparities observed between different US racial groups’ rates of infections and deaths. This challenges physicians patients to untangle what these race-associated risks mean for an individual patient. I argue that this task providing individualized risk advice requires apply two skills: structural competency (an understanding how societal features affect health, since are result social conditions, not innate biological differences) epistemic humility (being mindful limitations knowledge a habit working collaboratively get is needed).