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| USA Today: America's history of racism was a preexisting condition for COVID-19 |
| 2020-10-15 |
| [USA Today] Louisiana pastor prays as his parishioners die, first from cancer and now from COVID-19. An Indigenous community in New Mexico lacks adequate health care as the death toll mounts. A sick hospital worker in New Jersey frets about infecting others in her heavily populated neighborhood. As the country cries out for a vaccine and a return to normal, lost in the policy debates is the reality that COVID-19 kills far more people of color than white Americans. This isn't a matter of coincidence, poor choices or bad luck — it's by design. A team of USA TODAY reporters explored how the policies of the past and present have made Black, Asian, Hispanic and Indigenous Americans prime targets for COVID-19. They found: |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #27 Yes, 746, TW is spot on. Eastern (more rural) San Diego County. My daughter now lives just off Barona Rez |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-10-15 22:23 |
| #26 these ppl literally blow anything out of their ass and hope it sticks |
| Posted by: Chris 2020-10-15 21:17 |
| #25 As far as I can tell (by outbreaks in San Diego) the main issue seems to be living with lots of people in the same house combined with willingness to get to a hospital when you show signs. Combine that with Hospitals willingness to use treatments suggested by Trump (Hydrochloroquine for example) or not may also be a huge factor in some of the bluest areas. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2020-10-15 17:48 |
| #24 People-of-Pallor I stole that from badanov, Skidmark. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2020-10-15 17:07 |
| #23 Is it rayciss to mention that Chinese like to copiously abuse smokable tobacco and spit in the streets? Nope - I see it every single day here in Quincy - Asian population's about 15% of the total (approx. 100K). |
| Posted by: Raj 2020-10-15 13:22 |
| #22 Is it rayciss to mention that Chinese like to copiously abuse smokable tobacco and spit in the streets? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-10-15 12:59 |
| #21 In fact Out-right slavery is still practiced in Africa and the Middle East. As well as the global sex trade. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-10-15 12:33 |
| #20 People-of-Pallor Love it! |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-10-15 12:19 |
| #19 Europe braces for more coronavirus lockdowns and restrictions as cases spike, winter looms |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-10-15 12:18 |
| #18 rez's are interesting and all quite different, we played b-ball against the Spokane's at Inchelium, they usually crushed us.... my fav though is the Omak Stampede |
| Posted by: 746 2020-10-15 12:13 |
| #17 Champlain documented quite clearly that the Native Americans hated each other plenty fierce before any European hoisted sail westward. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-10-15 11:57 |
| #16 Just to be clear the USA does NOT own Racism. It has been historically documented being worldwide for over 5,000++ years. Since The USA is only about 245 years old, it is an issue brought in from Europe and Asian and areas. In fact Out-right slavery is still practiced in Africa and the Middle East. Various forms of are practiced in Asian countries and China. Now to stir the pot. Is it racism to acknowledge certain races have different abilities and disabilities or Physical, mental, aggressiveness, passiveness, and longevity vs. other groups? BTW: Before someone grabs a branding iron... I am mixed race, married to a mixed race wife, into an family composed of other races including: European White, Asian, black, Tribal Caribbean, Indian, Polynesian, Arabic,and etc. |
| Posted by: Nobody 2020-10-15 11:47 |
| #15 g(r)omgoru did research at Los Alamos at one point. I even bought staff on the reservation: tax free smokes and, once, a two necked water jug - a souvenir for my mom (it said Made in Hong Kong on the bottom). |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-10-15 11:40 |
| #14 Branch Covidians live on a reservation of their own minds. Well said - and true... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-10-15 11:22 |
| #13 Frank G lives in California, 746. As I recall, and I may be wrong about this too, g(r)omgoru did research at Los Alamos at one point. Finally, inner city POC (and also inner city people of pallor and ultra-Orthodox Jews, so it’s either — or a combination of — poverty and dense populations) often appear in Covid-period videos displaying poor public mask wearing and social distancing, increasing their potential exposure to the disease. Poverty and dense populations have been known since Roman times to increase the odds of catching any transmissible disease, which is why the rich flee to their country homes in times of plague. So no, it is not coincidence, but that does not mean malign American government design. USA Today is full of pandering idiots. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2020-10-15 11:04 |
| #12 Whereas you do? It would be a blessed day if China Cough was the leading problem. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-10-15 11:03 |
| #11 Southwest US County with several Kumeyaay reservation San Diego area. I thought you lived in the East? |
| Posted by: 746 2020-10-15 10:33 |
| #10 Branch Covidians live on a reservation of their own minds |
| Posted by: Snease Glenter9030 2020-10-15 10:27 |
| #9 Ahh, the cat is out of the bag! As we furreiners say. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-10-15 09:56 |
| #8 I'm a citizen of a Southwest US County with several Kumeyaay reservations, not a furriner that's the one making the claims |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-10-15 09:31 |
| #7 Whereas you do? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-10-15 09:16 |
| #6 I call BS. You have no idea what cultural norms happen on a rez |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-10-15 09:08 |
| #5 ^If you were to check, which nobody will, you'd find that it is due - principally - to compliance with masking/social distancing rules. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-10-15 08:50 |
| #4 or it could be vitamin D deficiency in POC btw, there are about 30% more male deaths than female deaths from Covid19 - is that because systemic sexism against men or is it because of gender difference in diabetes |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2020-10-15 08:46 |
| #3 An Indigenous community in New Mexico lacks adequate health care as the death toll mounts Ah, but they have the federally operated Indian Heathcare Service. Its the wonderful one payer (or non- payer) government healthcare you so want. It's what you are going to get with socialism. BTW, those Navajo aka indigenous community surround the Hopi reservation. Seems the Hopi are not hit as hard as their neighbors. Wonder why the difference? /rhet question cause the finger pointers don't want to address the real reasons. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-10-15 08:06 |
| #2 Yes, all that cotton money was a necessary input to get the Wuhan lab built... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-10-15 07:31 |
| #1 If it's by design, talk to the designer(s) in Wuhan. |
| Posted by: Cesare 2020-10-15 07:18 |