Thread by @therealarod1984

10/12 Texas Border Update - THREAD

* Counties that border Mexico, 9% of the population, accounted for almost 27% of TX fatalities between Jun & now
* 7 of Top 23 counties in fatalities are border counties (Orange)
* 5 of Top 12
* Border Deaths per million - crazy high

1/n

Here is the breakdown for all the Texas Border counties. At the bottom you'll notice that the Border accounts for 9.01% of Texas' population. Yet for the entire pandemic, the border accounts for 23.41% of the fatalities. This is up half a point from my last report in Sept

2/n

For the Entire Pandemic, you can see on this chart that fatalities on the border were running right at population through mid June. July saw a surge that raised the proportion to 24% by the end of August, and has remained there, decreasing slightly in recent weeks

3/n

If you narrow the timeframe to start at the beginning of June, border peaked at 26.5% of all Texas fatalities reported around the end of August. Nearly 3X their population. Has settled at 25.5% in that timeframe.

4/n

5/n

Mexican nationals are allowed to cross the border for medical care, even with the border being closed. Read through the links below for supporting information

5/n

https://twitter.com/therealarod1984/status/1300818440991711233?s=20

6/n

Mexico and Texas's hospitalization curves were mirrors of each other.

6/n

https://twitter.com/therealarod1984/status/1305150975104159745?s=20

7/end

* Border Deaths per Million - 1450
* All other Texas Deaths per Million - 470
* Border raises Deaths per Million for the state by 19% to 558
* You can basically ballpark 19% of all Texas deaths were Mexican nationals, Ex-pats, migrants, and border transportation corridor