More than 80% of coronavirus patients in Georgia are African American

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  1. kazenatsu

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    More than 80 percent of hospital coronavirus patients in Georgia are African American

    (article is from Washington Post, behind a paywall)


    We recently had another thread that coronavirus in the state of Georgia was spreading, with the implication it was due to the state prematurely opening up.

    But I'd like to shine a little light on this particular fact.
    I mean, could it be possible this might have more to do with the African American community in Georgia than it does with the state's overall shutdown policies?

    Add on top of this the fact that African Americans are probably less likely to be tested with whites, and a little bit less likely to go to the hospital if there is a problem, and this is a really powerful statistic.


    In case anyone was wondering, African Americans make up 32.4% of the state's population, so this would mean that African Americans in the state are 250% more likely to be in the hospital for coronavirus than the general population.
     
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    If you want to read what the bots have to say, read the comments section of the article on WAPO. It's illuminating to say the least. Several of the bots (likely foreign state actors likely Chinese) have asserted that Kemp opened on the orders of Trump to ensure that more Biden voters were at risk.....

    Hmm... so interesting that the Chinese would be trying to interfere in our elections this way, and that the WAPO is providing them the platform.
     
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    Reminds me of the Katrina accusations against Busch
     
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    Much of the covid spread is personal behavior and this tells me blacks in Georgia are not social distancing. No big surprise there. Across the country that group tends to take health in general seriously than other ethnic groups.
     
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    OH NO!!!! Coronavirus is ..........................................................................racist!!!

    how about gays?

    please let me add homophobic to the list......ppppppllllllleeeeeeeaaaaase
     
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    I've noticed that, in general overall, whites are a lot more PC, strict and personal civic/social duty minded than a lot of other ethnicities are. More casual and laid-back, often don't want to be troubled by something like an uncomfortable mask or "social distancing".
    That's just the way it is.
     
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    So engineered to reduce black populations? Does China want Africa?

    Our black folks tend to be more sociable than others. Across the south. This is a factor.
     
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    Probably has more to do with individual and social behavior...


    Although if anyone wants to posit genetic differences, I won't argue with that...
     
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    What it is most likely is tge minorities have to work, and work in dirty and dangerous jobs.

    And the usual white management will not consider it an acceptible to have a low level worker demand PPE and other protective gear of any kind. This is my personal observations in multiple states (including California, Texas, Colorado, Florida ....).

    A lower level worker knew better than to even ask.
     
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    I think they were still black in May before Kemp opened early.
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    Bots!?!

    :chainsaw::hiding::machinegun:
     
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    Well that's not true either. Asians are better on all those fronts.
     
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    The work thing is a risk, sure. But if you're in that risk group, you would obviously then take extra care at home and in your social interactions, in order to offset spreading that risk. Our medical professional family/friends did that .. some even moving into solo accommodation, or into garages etc to avoid contact with family. And certainly, they didn't do anything as reckless as going out except to go to work.
     
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    Obesity, heart disease, diabeties, and poor lifestyle run rampant in the black community in Georgia. They love church, have giant funerals and love large family gatherings. Its really not surprising they are having a hard time.
     
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    It's out of proportion like that in the UK, too. I don't know why.
     
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    Its also their own free will at work. Although each time the MSM comments on COVID and race they find a way to warp it into some tin foil hatter conspiracy theory about 'systemic racial oppression'. If one puts stock in the veritable smegma that comes from such radical progressive outlets such as Salon, Mother Jones, HuffPo and such, then one could easily walk from these articles thinking that White people have secret mind control technology and they're using it to dissuade Blacks from going to the doctor. Its quite something to witness unmitigated propaganda in the wild.
     
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    And even that can be an issue with high rents low wages and a huge spread among multigenerational households
     
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    Maybe genetic, maybe just poor health, obesity and very weak immune systems.
     
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    Because your SOURCE is from April 29, 2020!

    Try looking at CURRENT DATA instead of trying to needlessly DENIGRATE African Americans with cherry picked bovine excrement.

    https://dph.georgia.gov/covid-19-daily-status-report

    So NOW if you do the MATH and divide 64k by 250k you end up with 25.7% which is just UNDER the 32% of the population that are Blacks in GA.

    FACTS matter!
     
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    So all YOU can see is RACE? :eek:

    How about the LIVING CONDITIONS that affect the SPREAD of the virus?

    Do whites who frequent crowded bars end up being MORE or LESS infected than those that do NOT frequent crowded bars?
     
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    Blacks tend to be more likely to live in population dense cities where social distancing is more difficult and public transit is more common.
     
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    So of course blacks deserve to die quicker because they have smaller houses and bedrooms and use public transit?

    And of course, in Texas Barbeque I see all around there (which are pretty white in the areas where my customers live and work) the more wealthy white workers and families are just faking to eat the piles of potatoes and gravy, barbecue meat dripping with fat, sweetened Iced tea, hot fudge sundae and 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 mixed drinks and more beers are just doing it for show!
     
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    What was the point of this thread?

    That we shouldn't be concerned about Covid in GA because only black folks are dying????
     

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