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After Trump's election, women of color had more underweight, premature babies, study finds
(news.berkeley.edu)
this post was submitted on 27 Jul 2024
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Ok, I hate the orange Cheeto as much as the next rational person, but this seems like grasping at correlation to me. There are thousands of despicable things he's said and done to choose from.
The study is a lot more than just "he said a thing and this also happened".
There was a definable and clear impact to people of color, specifically following his presidency, the policies enacted, etc.
I'd recommend reading the study itself, which can be found here:
https://read.dukeupress.edu/demography/article-pdf/doi/10.1215/00703370-11477581/2129061/11477581.pdf
The study itself highlights that this is a correlation, not evidence of direct causation. Still, evidence of a correlation with worsened outcomes for newborns is concerning in itself.
Of course it's a correlation.
It's also way more than "he said a thing, and this other thing also happened" as the person I replied to suggested.