Let's talk about emerging C-19 narrative of "shield sensitive groups". Thread will be USA-centric; I live in US of A, so.
This is C-19 strategy emphasizing nursing homes/elderly, & a euphemism for everyone else to "[keep calm and] carry on".
It won't work. Especially in USA.
This is C-19 strategy emphasizing nursing homes/elderly, & a euphemism for everyone else to "[keep calm and] carry on".
It won't work. Especially in USA.
Why won't it work?
Where I live, Calif, 26% of C-19 mortality has been in people younger than 65, and 7% has been in people 18–49.
C-19 mortality in CA has been disproportionately felt by the Latinx population and elsewhere in the USA, Blacks have been in a similar position.
Where I live, Calif, 26% of C-19 mortality has been in people younger than 65, and 7% has been in people 18–49.
C-19 mortality in CA has been disproportionately felt by the Latinx population and elsewhere in the USA, Blacks have been in a similar position.
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The C-19 pandemic is overlaid on the United States' dilapidated public health infrastructure and its major health inequalities, particularly by race.
We can't just take the Swedish experience (which, on Twitter, is more fantasy than reality anyways), and copy+paste.
The C-19 pandemic is overlaid on the United States' dilapidated public health infrastructure and its major health inequalities, particularly by race.
We can't just take the Swedish experience (which, on Twitter, is more fantasy than reality anyways), and copy+paste.
cont'd
Let's call it like it is:
The "shield" approach, applied to USA, is signing death warrant for thousands of people, not just over-65s (as if that would be okay, anyhow?), and disproportionately people of color.
It's not fighting the pandemic; just waving the white flag.
Let's call it like it is:
The "shield" approach, applied to USA, is signing death warrant for thousands of people, not just over-65s (as if that would be okay, anyhow?), and disproportionately people of color.
It's not fighting the pandemic; just waving the white flag.
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