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2020-04-13 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) jumps on CV 'race disproportionate' band wagon

[The Hill] Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) on Sunday called the disproportionate coronavirus deaths among African Americans in his state "very disturbing."

The governor told ABC’s "This Week" that he requested a study to track the number of cases and deaths by race because it wasn’t being monitored by anyone, including the federal government.

The study found that black Marylanders make up 52 percent of the deaths from the coronavirus despite making up only 31 percent of the state’s population.

"This disparity among African Americans is very disturbing," Hogan said. "It’s why I called for the study. You know nobody was really tracking these things."

He said the state has backtracked and has data on race for 80 percent of cases and plans to release it by ZIP code Sunday or Monday.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-04-13 02:43|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 You know, you can build a nice conspiracy theory on this.

(1) Assume novel coronavirus is a biological weapon in development that escaped the lab prematurely.
Then you have to ask.
(2) Why did Chinese build such a feeble bioweapon?
(3) It's only feeble in industrialized world. In Africa (which it reaches right now) it will be devastating.
(4) Is it to China's advantage if Africa depopulated?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-04-13 03:26|| 2020-04-13 03:26|| Front Page Top

#2 /\ Planned Parenthood was really never going to be popular there.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-04-13 03:29|| 2020-04-13 03:29|| Front Page Top

#3 /\ Putting on Conspiracy Hat: it "could" have been a research into militarizing the virus into a Tactical Bioweapon aimed at Arabs, Persians, other Central Asian ethnicities, and of course Indians. Something that would render an entire area to sick to fight an invading Chinese army -- the only problem is researching a strain that hurts ethnic Chinese the least.

...or they were researching viral strains as part of a long term health initiative and somebody made a terrible mistake. ...or it is just one of those tragedies that Nature visits us with.

Posted by magpie 2020-04-13 04:42|| 2020-04-13 04:42|| Front Page Top

#4 /\ I am leaning towards the last point.

Posted by Clem 2020-04-13 05:34|| 2020-04-13 05:34|| Front Page Top

#5 What's next, Hogan, sickle-cell anemia bandwagon?

Posted by Clem 2020-04-13 06:27|| 2020-04-13 06:27|| Front Page Top

#6 The disparity of diabetes among the Navajo people is disturbing. Leading to early death and disability. Maybe there is some sort of social behavior factor involved? Nah. We don't want to change our behavior lets blame someone/something else.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-04-13 06:49|| 2020-04-13 06:49|| Front Page Top

#7 ....Hogan said. "It’s why I called for the study. You know nobody was really tracking these things."

No tracking? Well, we're certainly tracking your lame attempt at WOKE virtue signalling and vote getting Gov. Hogan.

While you're at it, how about "tracking" some (gov't funded) urban Planned Parenthood racial stats.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-04-13 07:04|| 2020-04-13 07:04|| Front Page Top

#8 Wait a minute, didn't I just read that obesity was the largest (sic) contributing factor?

Is there a racial component to fat?

Posted by AlanC 2020-04-13 08:40|| 2020-04-13 08:40|| Front Page Top

#9 4) Is it to China's advantage if Africa depopulated?

Bingo. Soft underbelly strategy.

Posted by Lex 2020-04-13 09:31|| 2020-04-13 09:31|| Front Page Top

#10 study found that black Marylanders make up 52 percent of the deaths from the coronavirus despite making up only 31 percent of the state’s population.
Adjust for population density (probably a second or third power function) and much of that disparity will vanish. Adjust again for lifestyle choices and more will go away. The rest - if there even is any - would probably be tied to co-morbidity factors. Data from Africa (with its huge China connection...) does not support a positive race factor, and even suggests a negative one.

Posted by Glenmore 2020-04-13 10:46|| 2020-04-13 10:46|| Front Page Top

#11 China is colonizing Africa, Middle East. Reducing/weakening those populations is a step toward those goals. And what a fortuitous oil/gas find in the lands of the Uighur. Surely coincidental to the local suppression. (puts foil hat back on)

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2020-04-13 11:51|| 2020-04-13 11:51|| Front Page Top

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