A disturbing medical consensus is growing. Here’s what it could mean for Black patients with coronavirus.

In the save-the-most-lives argument, however, we are leaving out a critical fact: there are historical and systemic reasons why this Black woman is likely to have poorer health. As a Black person in the United States, she is less likely to have insurance, and more likely to have chronic health conditions, such as heart disease. She is less likely to be health literate, thus, may have more trouble understanding how to take her medication.

Ethically, then, how do you rate a person's need for justice? Is it acceptable to generalize whole groups, or is a more case-by-case approach needed? Furthermore how would you begin to rank a group's/individual's need for justice? How do you quantify something obviously present but nebulous?

EDIT: Some additional data for discussion.