Thread by @ericearling, This is a story that shouldn’t be ignored, though it will be [...]

This is a story that shouldn’t be ignored, though it will be easy to do by some since we’re, for now, talking about largely urban centers where this issue is stark. The factors behind it go well beyond coronavirus. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/us/coronavirus-race.html

Black Americans Face Alarming Rates of Coronavirus Infection in Some States

Data on race and the disease Covid-19 is too limited to draw sweeping conclusions, experts say, but disparate rates of sickness — and death — have emerged in some places.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/us/coronavirus-race.html

I thought this thread did a much better job of highlighting some key data points and issues than the new article though:
https://twitter.com/nhannahjones/status/1247177286702583809?s=21 https://twitter.com/nhannahjones/status/1247177286702583809

https://twitter.com/nhannahjones/status/1247177286702583809?s=21

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