The United States stands head and shoulders at the top of the world league table of confirmed cases, as well as the total number of deaths.š¦ šcoronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html
A country that prides itself on its exceptionalism can now without ambiguity claim that title for its experience of the virus.
Now the death toll from #Covid19 stands at almost twice the capacity of the Yankeesā home stadium, and has reached another booming landmark: 100,000 deaths.
There will be much to analyse in coming years about how the US responded to this contagion, including how many lives have been lost needlessly as a result of Trumpās maverick response.#COVID19
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Already one lesson of the #pandemic is clear: Americaās deep and brutal fault lines ā of race, partisanship, gender, poverty and misinformation ā rendered the country ill-prepared to meet the challenges of this disease. š
The ravages of #COVID19 have revealed the deep cracks in the glittering facade of the richest and most powerful nation on Earth.
As the 100,000 death mark, it has become abundantly clear that the pandemic amounts to a racial disaster of stunning proportions. Figures compiled by APM Research Lab from 40 states show that African Americans are being killed at almost three times the rate of white people.
Black Kansans are seven times more likely to die from the virus than white Kansans. In Missouri, Wisconsin and Washington DC the ratio is six times.šapmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-bā¦
Such grotesque distortions are most visible in NYC that giant laboratory test into virulent racial inequity Data released this week showed that when the cityās zip codes are ranked according to highest death rates, eight out of the top 10 have majority black or Latino populations
None of the 10 are in wealthy, largely white Manhattan.
Decades of segregation, decrepit housing, joblessness, stress, police brutality, poor hospitals, lack of health insurance, failing schools ā these are also relevant factors that the White House tends to gloss over. So too is the discrimination in access to testing and treatment
for #coronavirus that has increased the chances that black people contract and then die from the disease.šnytimes.com/2020/05/10/us/ā¦
As with race, the fault line of inequality is glaringly obvious in New York City, where more than 21,000 of the 100,000 have died. Many low-income New Yorkers in the outer boroughs are obliged to risk their lives by turning up for work every day, branded as āessential workersā,
while Manhattanās wealthy neighborhoods have become virtual ghost towns after their residents fled to vacation homes.š£projects.thecity.nyc/2020_03_covid-ā¦
It will take time for the full extent of mortality among low-income Americans to be known, but anecdotally it is clear the poorest counties have been hit hardest.špublicintegrity.org/health/coronavā¦
Thatās evident in southern states such as Louisiana and Alabama where low-income pple have been dying in high proportions through a combination of lack of health insurance hospital closures and policies pursued by southern governors that have exposed vulnerable citizens to danger
There is nothing new in any of this for the beleaguered souls now feeling the full force of the virusās wrath. But #coronavirus has made an old story newly visible, as the endless lines at food banks now attest.š @SpeakerPelosi
There is nothing new in any of this for the beleaguered souls now feeling the full force of the virusās wrath. But #coronavirus has made an old story newly visible, as the endless lines at food banks now attest.š @SpeakerPelosi
