Tue Apr 7, 2020, 03:01 PM

Lulu KC (2,377 posts)

Finally on front page MSM--African-Americans and COVID-19

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NYT today: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/us/coronavirus-race
(I think their paywall's down for C-19 stories.)

'Ms. Lightfoot, the first black woman to be elected mayor of the city, said in an interview that the statistics were “among the most shocking things I think I’ve seen as mayor.”'

CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/07/us/coronavirus-black-americans-race/index.html

Update--in Kansas City, Missouri:
https://www.kansascity.com/news/coronavirus/article241824321.html

AND Dr. Fauci said it out loud today in briefing!

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10 replies	Author	Time	Post
Finally on front page MSM--African-Americans and COVID-19 (Original post)	Lulu KC	Apr 2020	OP
This will cause dotard to say, Go back to work. n/t	5X	Apr 2020	#1
Yup! 🤬	SheltieLover	Apr 2020	#3
K&R, So this is how Trump wins election	uponit7771	Apr 2020	#2
Well Trump did say to the Black community	Dan	Apr 2020	#4
Wondering why it's taken this long to get press.	cwydro	Apr 2020	#5
I think part of it is about how records have been kept	Lulu KC	Apr 2020	#8
I'm not AA, but it had crossed my mind COVID-19 would affect some demo disproportionally	NCDem47	Apr 2020	#6
Chicago: 30% AA, 70% of total deaths, similarly shocking	Hortensis	Apr 2020	#7
K&R for visibility.	crickets	Apr 2020	#9
Kick.	cwydro	Apr 2020	#10

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Tue Apr 7, 2020, 03:04 PM

5X (3,971 posts)

1. This will cause dotard to say, Go back to work. n/t

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Response to 5X (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 7, 2020, 03:17 PM

SheltieLover (57,073 posts)

3. Yup! 🤬

K&R

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Tue Apr 7, 2020, 03:05 PM

uponit7771 (88,984 posts)

2. K&R, So this is how Trump wins election

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Tue Apr 7, 2020, 03:18 PM

Dan (3,407 posts)

4. Well Trump did say to the Black community

"What do you have to lose?"

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Tue Apr 7, 2020, 03:19 PM

cwydro (50,525 posts)

5. Wondering why it's taken this long to get press.

I saw it last week on my local news.

Thanks for staying on this!

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Tue Apr 7, 2020, 04:17 PM

Lulu KC (2,377 posts)

8. I think part of it is about how records have been kept

It took a while to figure out what to track, which I can accept as innocent.
But some places have been tracking since the beginning, and those were just kind of mentioned on the side in stories with other primary topics.
I really don't want to be a conspiracy theorist, but sometimes "they" make it so hard not to wonder!

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Tue Apr 7, 2020, 04:09 PM

NCDem47 (2,041 posts)

6. I'm not AA, but it had crossed my mind COVID-19 would affect some demo disproportionally

Live in here in ATL. Yes, more AA are dying at higher numbers than whites. I think I read about AA deaths in NYC too. Already, people of color are disadvantaged for socio-economic and heredity reasons (diabetes, heart, COPD, etc.) that make them more susceptible to this virus. Your mind can’t help but wander to a sinister thought that would allow this to run like fire through minority communities.

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Tue Apr 7, 2020, 04:14 PM

Hortensis (56,804 posts)