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cord-271440-qiwixpai	Ribeiro, Helena	In the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, do brown lives matter?	2020-07-02		.txt	text/plain	1247	68	53	In The Lancet Global Health, a pioneering study by Pedro Baqui and colleagues 1 confirms in Brazil findings observed in other countries hit hard by COVID-19: that mortality rates from the pandemic differ by geographical region and ethnicity, with disproportionate impact for Black populations and other ethnic minorities. Therefore, discussions regarding ethnicity and regional variations must be integrated, not only because northern states and Rio de Janeiro have higher proportions of Pardo and Black populations, but also because the root causes of higher mortality are overlapping. The prevalence of comorbidities among Pardo and Black populations in Brazil is higher than among other ethnicities, including overweight and obesity, 6 risk factors for severity of symptoms of COVID-19. Ethnic and regional variations in hospital mortality from COVID-19 in Brazil: a cross-sectional observational study	./cache/cord-271440-qiwixpai.txt	./txt/cord-271440-qiwixpai.txt