The WHO site has this article about this:
Concerns exists that angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE inhibitors) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) increase susceptibility to coronavirus SARS CoV-2 (the viral agent that causes the disease COVID-19) and the likelihood of severe COVID-19 illness.1 These concerns are based on considerations of biological plausibility,2 and the observation that there is an overrepresentation of patients with hypertension and other cardiovascular comorbidities among patients with COVID-19 who have poor outcomes.
hmm... hypertension is very very common in the Black community in the USA, and because ACE 2 inhibitors don't have a lot of side effects, they are probably the drug of choice.
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