Thread by @DrEricDing

📍GRAVE RACIAL INJUSTICE—

Black- & Hispanic-Americans #COVID19 death versus non-Hispanic Whites by age:

📌HISPANICS:

Age 55-64: ~7x more than NHW
Age 45-54: ~10x
Age 35-44: ~11x
Age <35: ~7x

📌BLACK AMERICANS:

Age 55-64: ~5x
Age 45-54: ~6x
Age 35-44: ~8x
Age <35: ~7x

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2) Yes, the data indeed shows that for YOUNG ADULT BLACK- & HISPANIC-AMERICANS—the relative risk of COVID death for:

Black vs Whites—

Hispanics vs Whites—

Shows the disparity is actually ***greater in young adults***

healthdata.org/acting-data/pr…

3) Yet at the same time, in NYC, whites have ~ 4.6x the number of vaccinations than blacks in NYC, and 7x among non residents of NYC.

4) Returning to this graph—it basically means that Black and Hispanic families are losing critical breadwinning members of the household and kids are losing parents at 5-10x the rate of non Hispanic White children!

@PeterHotez agrees on this key point.

Generational damage!

5) let’s this disparity sink in further —

https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1355918033995386886

6) And which racial groups hit hardest for excess deaths during #COVID19 pandemic?

📌Latinos had a 36% increase in deaths, with 59% increase among Latino food/agriculture workers.

📌Blacks had 28% increase, with 36% increase for Black retail workers.
medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

7) that’s mostly because Black Americans and Latinos have jobs that are much higher risk than non Hispanic Whites who often have white collar jobs that can be done remotely. While minorities more often do not.

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1355406044122513414