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Yet we know from census stats (and some epidemiological data in public health) that low-income is associated with shorter life expectancy and greater risk of illness; and that low-income is associated with clear racial patterns. /2 https://twitter.com/spaikin/status/1248666369194971136
Yet we know from census stats (and some epidemiological data in public health) that low-income is associated with shorter life expectancy and greater risk of illness; and that low-income is associated with clear racial patterns. /2 https://twitter.com/spaikin/status/1248666369194971136
In the U.S., more blacks are dying of covid than the share of their population. In some places the death rate is 2x higher among blacks.
Chicago: 70% covid deaths are among Blacks, the pop is 30% black https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/08/its-a-racial-justice-issue-black-americans-are-dying-in-greater-numbers-from-covid-19 /3
Chicago: 70% covid deaths are among Blacks, the pop is 30% black https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/08/its-a-racial-justice-issue-black-americans-are-dying-in-greater-numbers-from-covid-19 /3
How Covid19 is NOT the great equalizer:
NYC
Blacks = 28% of deaths, 22% of population
Latinos = 34% of deaths, 29% of pop.
Chicago
Blacks = 72% of deaths, <1/3 of population https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/nyregion/coronavirus-race-deaths.html
Why? /4
NYC
Blacks = 28% of deaths, 22% of population
Latinos = 34% of deaths, 29% of pop.
Chicago
Blacks = 72% of deaths, <1/3 of population https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/nyregion/coronavirus-race-deaths.html
Why? /4
"75 percent of front-line workers in the city — grocery clerks, bus and train operators, janitors and child care staff — are minorities. More than 60 percent of people who work as cleaners are Latino, and more than 40 percent of transit employees are black." /5
Different in Canada? No.
Yes, we have better healthcare but almost all the "essential" front line workers (grocery clerks, transit workers, cleaners, personal care/child care/nursing home workers, delivery people, even most new docs and nurses in hosp) are racial minorities. /6
Yes, we have better healthcare but almost all the "essential" front line workers (grocery clerks, transit workers, cleaners, personal care/child care/nursing home workers, delivery people, even most new docs and nurses in hosp) are racial minorities. /6
And these essential "front line" workers, especially the ones not in ER or ICU but in constant contact with people because that's their job, are NOT BEING PROTECTED with the right gear, or basic enforcement of known workplace health and safety rules.
THIS HAS TO CHANGE, FAST /7
THIS HAS TO CHANGE, FAST /7
Most provinces are totally dropping the ball on minimizing contagion, not by testing, but by enforcing rules in essential workplaces, cracking down hard on reckless behaviour by employers (and, it has to be said, some workers too), and shutting down more non-essential workplaces
“Health care workers aren’t the front lines of this war on COVID-19. We are. They are our heroic last line of defence. Let’s not make their job harder than it already is.”
From this, by me https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2020/04/09/covid-19s-impact-not-recession-but-a-completely-different-economics.html
From this, by me https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2020/04/09/covid-19s-impact-not-recession-but-a-completely-different-economics.html
The true front lines - cleaners and all workers in hosps and nursing homes - need help:
Can you get a Covid19 Public Health Workplace Safety Protocol developed, broadcast, enforced right away, not later @CPHO_Canada/ @PattyHajdu Dr Henry/ @adriandix Dr.Williams/ @celliottability?
Can you get a Covid19 Public Health Workplace Safety Protocol developed, broadcast, enforced right away, not later @CPHO_Canada/ @PattyHajdu Dr Henry/ @adriandix Dr.Williams/ @celliottability?
Contain Covid19 by reducing workplace-based transmission (support/streamline workers so they don't have to work multiple employers; guarantee protective gear/sanitary supplies; set and enforce clear workplace rules/fine lax workplace practices)
This is the leadership we need now.
This is the leadership we need now.
