Cystic Fibrosis

There's a peculiar brouhaha going on at Carleton U. in Canada:

A student association at Carleton University has decided to cancel its annual Shinerama campaign benefiting cystic fibrosis according to the belief the disease only affects white people, who are mostly male. The school's student council made the move after passing a motion stating: "Whereas cystic fibrosis has been recently revealed to only affect white people, and primarily men, be it resolved that: CUSA discontinue its support of this campaign."

First, excuse me while I puke over the ethics involved.

Second, they were totally wrong on the gender angle:

Cystic fibrosis is diagnosed in males and females equally.

Female patients consistently had a lower median survival age than male patients (25 vs 30 years in 1990).

Third, they were even wrong on the racial angle:

Of all ethnic groups, Caucasians have the highest inherited risk for CF, and Asian Americans have the lowest. In the United States today, about 1 of every 3,600 Caucasian children is born with CF. This compares with 1 of every 17,000 African Americans and only 1 of every 90,000 Asian Americans. Although the chances of inherited risk may vary, CF has been described in every geographic area of the world among every ethnic population.

Such postmodern convictions -
only inclusive afflictions
are worth of contributions
for research solutions.