Coronavirus exacerbating inequality- Majority-black counties have more than 5 times the rate of deaths

The "a bit sensationalized" part. I don't think it's sensationalized, not even a bit.
I contextualized the comment with a timestamp of "at this point". Using 66% as your headline without acknowledgement of actual numbers or demographics breakdown is a bit misleading to me.
I thought your response was reasonable at first but the more I thought about the overall context, I think it's obvious where DC is headed. It's not just 20 deaths when DC's situation is projected to peak in June and the data all over the country shows black populations getting disproportionately affected. The percentages might shift but DC's black population is obviously very vulnerable while the white population is much more secure. The tornado is already here, the levee is already broken. It's appropriate to sound the alarm.
DCs overall population isnt vulnerable. The vulnerabilities are distinctly limited to the very poor and elderly. I saw earlier in the week where several of the dead were elderly from one housing project. DC is nearly 50% black... and of the impoverished we represent over 70%. By those numbers a 66% fatality rate isnt as shocking as it seems on its face. Disheartening and sad for sure.. but not shocking. The real number that stood out to me was the unaccounted for 20% of deaths not attributed to black or white. That number approximates that about 5% of the population accounts for over 20% of the deaths. Now thats alarming.
The conversation would have been better if I started with the national stats. I hadn't heard about the DC trend until today and already knew about the national reality. DC paying more taxes than 22 states but getting $1 for every $3 states get for coronavirus relief because of racially-motivated disenfranchisement, on top of the entrenched gentrification turning the former "Chocolate City" white, makes the disparity of today's suffering more striking to me there than elsewhere. And D.C. is the only one of the spotlighted cities where black people are a majority or even close. But the fact that it is just beginning in DC led to a conversation about the legitimacy of the situation rather than what is clearly happening.
Yea... all that other shit you talking is called racism. Welcome to America. But again, as it pertains to todays numbers of 20 people, out of 30, im not the least bit shocked or surprised was my main point.
You need me to send you a ventilator?
No.. I think you guys need all the ventilators you can get your hands on. I believe you're at 8k confirmed deaths so far. Hopefully our 32 can stay as minimal as possible. You in my prayers tho.
 
DCs overall population isnt vulnerable. The vulnerabilities are distinctly limited to the very poor and elderly. I saw earlier in the week where several of the dead were elderly from one housing project. DC is nearly 50% black... and of the impoverished we represent over 70%. By those numbers a 66% fatality rate isnt as shocking as it seems on its face. Disheartening and sad for sure.. but not shocking. The real number that stood out to me was the unaccounted for 20% of deaths not attributed to black or white. That number approximates that about 5% of the population accounts for over 20% of the deaths. Now thats alarming.

I think people are shocked when they learn of the disproportionate death tolls. It's logical, as you explained. But I hope the effect is to, as MLK said, "dramatize the issue so that it can no longer be ignored." It's one thing to be logical, it's another to see death on a daily basis.

If this shit picks up over the next two months and doesn't shock and can't do that, maybe nothing ever will.
 
First it don't kill black people now it's killing all the black people. Why do y'all entertain this dumb shit?
In reality, it's neither, people who are less likely to take it seriously are more likely to catch it, but sadly enough, at least in NYC, the people who are taking it least seriously are people of color, largely due to all the propaganda that was targeted towards us, by what I suspect racist white organizations poising as conspiracy truthers.
 
First it don't kill black people now it's killing all the black people. Why do y'all entertain this dumb shit?

The first was complete speculation from random Twitter users, this is actual data!

Also, the first is literally what they said, the second is an exaggeration. Morons actually claimed black people were immune, nobody is saying the virus is killing all the black people. You have to exaggerate it to establish an equivalency because there is none in reality.
 
Obesity is an AMERICAN problem that disproportionately affects the black community. I'm not making a conservative argument you jackass. Because when shit spread to rural areas where fat cacs think exercising and eating right is for pussies, the cac death rate is going to go through the fucking roof. Right now this shit is more limited to city cacs who more likely to be watching their weight and working out.

Just remember this argument when those fat ass cacs in rural areas start dying and moving the numbers.

We know that cac's dont give a shit about us but then we do everything humanly possible to help make their job easier. :smh:

This was last weekend in DC. Not a few weeks ago but 6 days ago when NY was recording crazy death numbers. DC is about to be destroyed by this shit :smh::smh::smh:

 
I think everything you're saying is true but this is not about black people not eating oatmeal or salad. Hospitals aren't concentrated in white areas by coincidence (which I think you understand). This is systematic. We need big solutions. We need universal health care that has nothing to do with your job, which is especially clear when "last hired, first fired" meets a pandemic. We need to act against mass segregation, environmental racism, extreme wealth inequality-- all of the existing injustices which made black people so much more vulnerable in the first place.
Lol. You’re a troll. But I will respond: It is about eating “oatmeal and salad” and making healthier food choices. That’s where it starts because no one cares about when we get sick. You’re what you eat and it starts from there. Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure, which make covaid-19 fatal in my community (notice I didn’t say yours), can all be combated by making healthier food choices and getting the recommended exercise in daily. There are a lot of policy issues dealing with health disparities for the black community. But how black people combat that is looking out for self first, health wise.

Now back to where hospitals are concentrated. In my community there are a lot things that attributed to all of the hospitals being located in NW Washington, DC. I am not going to get into all the different issues, but mismanagement was one of them.

Also, you’re not here for healthy discussion, you’re here for to cause dissension. I normally ignore you because you’re a plant and I can tell you’re one. You are not down for the descendants of slavery here in these United States! Now be gone.
 
I'm just going to be perfectly blunt. A lot of black folks are not using social distance at all! They out here acting like it's a damn party going on as nothing changed.I have almost got in a several fights trying to tell niggas give me six feet of distance these mutha fuckas don't give a shit
 
I'm just going to be perfectly blunt. A lot of black folks are not using social distance at all! They out here acting like it's a damn party going on as nothing changed.I have almost got in a several fights trying to tell niggas give me six feet of distance these mutha fuckas don't give a shit
Maybe they’re working under the memes of a month ago.
 
Its several strains of herpes that cause cancer nobody outlawed fucking or giving head.

I'm not saying be reckless go around licking doorhandles and all that bullshit.

At the same time I been washing my hands, I take showers, I keep my house clean.

People are walking around with dust mask and tee shirts on they face feeling like they protected.

You can't run from death if it's ya time you done whether it be by this virus or any other means.

It's been other plagues thru out the history of man this here situation will pass.
 
We cant even get a gender breakdown or the amount of small children wit it. But cities with huge black populations like Chicago, Detroit, New Orleans, DC, etc have a lot black COVID cases. Shocking! :eek2:

Bruh, for the longest time I Didnt even know little kids were even contacting covid.. And that was a few days ago..
 
CDC says they are not tracking COVID deaths by race.

So, where are the stats coming from?

Click the link below and tell me where is says Black folks are dying more than white folks?


Understand while folks need to feel better about themselves.

Only way they can do that is keep the poor black health narrative going.
Thank you

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I learned that I should always be reminded that the media likes to paint a false narrative when it comes to Black people.




By BEN POSTON,
TONY BARBOZA
APRIL 8, 2020
2:14 PM

UPDATED 5:40 PM
California officials for the first time on Wednesday provided a partial breakdown of coronavirus infections and deaths by race, releasing preliminary figures showing the distribution is broadly in line with the state’s demographics.
Gov. Gavin Newsom emphasized the breakdown was based on limited data, which has been an obstacle across the state because many reports of new cases and fatalities lack information on patients’ race or ethnicity.
With about 37% of patients identified by race, here is a breakdown of reported COVID-19 cases statewide:
White: 37%
Latino 30%
Asian 14%
Black 6%
Multiracial: 2.5%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 1.6%
American Indian or Alaska Native: 0.2%
Other: 9%
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Here is a breakdown of deaths for the 39% of victims the state has identified by race:
White: 43%
Latino 29%
Asian 16%
Black 3%
Multiracial: 2%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 1%
American Indian or Alaska Native: 0.6%
Other: 5%
The governor said the preliminary figures track “modestly so, along the lines of the total population” and that his office is not seeing the disparities that some other states and counties have seen.
Newsom presented some of those numbers at a daily news briefing, but did not include whites and some other groups. The California Department of Public Health released more detailed figures later in the day, saying in a statement that “the race and ethnicity data is roughly in line with the diversity of California overall.”

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Still, the sample paints an incomplete picture.
“It’s less than 40% of all of [confirmed cases] ... we’re scrubbing to get 100% as quickly as we can as soon as we can,” Newsom said. There were “no less than 10 people that are calling coroners offices, calling hospitals, double-checking data,” Newsom said, while noting that not every city and county is providing that data in real time.
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L.A. releases first racial breakdown of coronavirus fatalities; blacks have higher death rate
With such limited information, it is difficult to determine whether any racial groups are more likely to be hit by coronavirus. Here is a breakdown of California’s population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau:
Latino or Hispanic 39.3%
White 36.8%
Asian 15.3%
Black 6.5%
American Indian 1.6%
Pacific Islander 0.5%
Cities across the nation have reported a coronavirus death rate among blacks that is disproportionate to their numbers, and that has prompted scrutiny of the racial breakdown in California.
While voicing caution about the preliminary data, Newsom said the state is right to pay attention to racial disparities. He said there is “nothing more frustrating the than systemic challenges, the disparities that manifest in relationship to public health.”
“Those issues preceded this crisis and they continue to persist within this crisis,” he added.
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Los Angeles County health officials released preliminary data Tuesday that showed black residents were dying at a slightly higher rate than those of other races.
L.A. County public health director Barbara Ferrer cautioned that the data was based on just 57% of reported deaths. Here was the limited L.A. breakdown:
Latino 28%
White 27%
Asian 19%
Black 17%
Other 9%
“When we look at these numbers by the total population of each group, African Americans have a slightly higher rate of death than other races,” Ferrer said.
Black people make up 9% of the population of L.A. County. Meanwhile, Latinos comprise nearly half the county population but 28% of deaths.
California Surgeon Gen. Dr. Nadine Burke Harris acknowledged Tuesday that a rumor that African Americans had a natural immunity to the virus had caused harm among blacks, and more needed to be done to dispel it.
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“That rumor is completely false and it’s really important for all of us to get out there in debunking that rumor,” Harris said. “One of the pieces that we also recognized is that, because of the true and unfortunate history of medical maltreatment of different groups of people, but especially African Americans in the United States, there are real issues of trust between the African American community and the healthcare system.”
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Blacks have been found to have higher rates of diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity and smoking-related deaths than whites, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Also, they are more likely to not see a doctor because of the cost, CDC data shows.
Times staff writer John Myers contributed to this report.
 
I predicted this shit weeks ago after watching how us blacks weren't taking the virus seriously, know a girl boyfriend who got it after attending a West Indian party that 4 people wound up dying from it and 7 more including him are now sick with the COVID-19, I know someone who threw a party with over 50 people a day after the so call self-quarantine, my own sister is scrambling around placing herself and children at risk looking for food, essential items, while standing on long lines at supermarkets, four weeks after I warned her to prepare and buy the N-95 masks that then were easy to get.
But even now black folks in some neighborhoods in Brooklyn are acting way to casual and will continue catching the virus at alarming numbers.
Just look at this video of driving through Brownsville one of the most blacklist, the lowest income and lowest amount of high school graduates in the city, yet every other brother I know there is some form of conspiracy expert. Coincident? I think not!

but...but...but...i thought tariq said it didnt affect black folks
 
Lol. You’re a troll. But I will respond: It is about eating “oatmeal and salad” and making healthier food choices. That’s where it starts because no one cares about when we get sick. You’re what you eat and it starts from there. Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure, which make covaid-19 fatal in my community (notice I didn’t say yours), can all be combated by making healthier food choices and getting the recommended exercise in daily. There are a lot of policy issues dealing with health disparities for the black community. But how black people combat that is looking out for self first, health wise.

Now back to where hospitals are concentrated. In my community there are a lot things that attributed to all of the hospitals being located in NW Washington, DC. I am not going to get into all the different issues, but mismanagement was one of them.

Also, you’re not here for healthy discussion, you’re here for to cause dissension. I normally ignore you because you’re a plant and I can tell you’re one. You are not down for the descendants of slavery here in these United States! Now be gone.

We're both DC area. When this is over, we can meet at Florida Avenue Grill and you owe me $500 if I'm black, I owe you $500 and a fucking salad if I'm not. I guarantee you don't take the offer and show up with the money. Step up or you be gone with your ignorant ass shit-talk.
 
We're both DC area. When this is over, we can meet at Florida Avenue Grill and you owe me $500 if I'm black, I owe you $500 and a fucking salad if I'm not. I guarantee you don't take the offer and show up with the money. Step up or you be gone with your ignorant ass shit-talk.
What the fuck...homo! I don’t meet men for lunch dates! Only women! Fuck out of here, homo!
 
We're both DC area. When this is over, we can meet at Florida Avenue Grill and you owe me $500 if I'm black, I owe you $500 and a fucking salad if I'm not. I guarantee you don't take the offer and show up with the money. Step up or you be gone with your ignorant ass shit-talk.
What about a fight....fuck dating a nigga..what kind of homoerotic bullshit is this brah?
 
I'm just going to be perfectly blunt. A lot of black folks are not using social distance at all! They out here acting like it's a damn party going on as nothing changed.I have almost got in a several fights trying to tell niggas give me six feet of distance these mutha fuckas don't give a shit

I got the craziest looks today...I had on goggles, gloves, hand sanitizer + mini disinfectant spray, mask (double filtered) and covered all the way up from head to toe I overheard someone say he doing way too much....they had on absolutely nothing! We don' take shit seriously until death hits home.
 
Not enough data. A lot of hotspot deaths are happening at nursing homes where because of age and health issues they are likely not able to survive even with the best care.

They are up to 38 deaths now and at that rate it's 23 to 15 which could easily be influenced by location in the city.

Also, I believe the news doesn't give 2 shits about us. They just want to change the narrative and make it a black people problem and put our face on this shit.

How about talking about all the young white cacs that ran up and down I65 and I85 last month to the beach. After congregating in mass they stopped at gas stations and stores and restaurants for 500 miles going and coming spreading this shit.



Note: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvss/vsrg/vsrg03-508.pdf

In cases where a definite diagnosis of COVID–19 cannot be made, but it is suspected or likely (e.g., the circumstances are compelling within a reasonable degree of certainty), it is acceptable to report COVID–19 on a death certificate as “probable” or “presumed.” In these instances, certifiers should use their best clinical judgement in determining if a COVID–19 infection was likely. However, please note that testing for COVID–19 should be conducted whenever possible.
 
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More propaganda.

the medical industry is reporting any death where the cause isn’t immediately obvious (eg gunshot wound) is because of COVID-19.

The so-called black community is always lied to by this corporation and the sad part is more people believe the bullshit.

:smh:
 
More propaganda.

the medical industry is reporting any death where the cause isn’t immediately obvious (eg gunshot wound) is because of COVID-19.

The so-called black community is always lied to by this corporation and the sad part is more people believe the bullshit.

:smh:

"eg gunshot wound"

:rolleyes:

You ought to be ashamed of yourself the way you just make shit up.
 
We're both DC area. When this is over, we can meet at Florida Avenue Grill and you owe me $500 if I'm black, I owe you $500 and a fucking salad if I'm not. I guarantee you don't take the offer and show up with the money. Step up or you be gone with your ignorant ass shit-talk.
This has to be the gayest shit I ever read

Ceased Salad Faggit
 
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