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It is becoming clearer & clearer that we have a situation much more like the second scenario.
Young people feel immune & many are symptom free
White people have lower mortality
Well off people can isolate
But they can all easily spread COVID-19 to people at higher risk. 14/
Young people feel immune & many are symptom free
White people have lower mortality
Well off people can isolate
But they can all easily spread COVID-19 to people at higher risk. 14/
We all likely know by now that Black Americans are 2x likely to die of COVID-19 as white people.
But if you’re between 35-44, Black Americans are *9x* more likely to die of COVID-19 as white people. 15/ https://twitter.com/rheaboydmd/status/1273006362679578625">https://twitter.com/rheaboydm...
But if you’re between 35-44, Black Americans are *9x* more likely to die of COVID-19 as white people. 15/ https://twitter.com/rheaboydmd/status/1273006362679578625">https://twitter.com/rheaboydm...
If you have autism or a developmental disability, you are more likely to get COVID AND if you get it, much more likely to die from it.
Same with high blood pressure, obesity & other illnesses. And age— fatality climbs from 1-20% between 50 & 80. 17/ https://twitter.com/aslavitt/status/1275217146667302914">https://twitter.com/aslavitt/...
Same with high blood pressure, obesity & other illnesses. And age— fatality climbs from 1-20% between 50 & 80. 17/ https://twitter.com/aslavitt/status/1275217146667302914">https://twitter.com/aslavitt/...
The likelihood of catching & the severity of the virus goes up as prolonged exposure & the number of people you are exposed to does.
Running into a grocery store without a mask is a different from working there.18/
Running into a grocery store without a mask is a different from working there.18/
But simple things like wearing a mask, not attending large events like casinos & churches, not hanging out in bars protect everyone & cut down on transmission.
The 9 of the 10 cities with the highest growth in transmission are in places with low reported mask use. 19/
The 9 of the 10 cities with the highest growth in transmission are in places with low reported mask use. 19/
What is the matter with us? Why do we need to personally be at risk to care about risk to others? 20/
If I told you there was a force that preyed on the old, the sick & people of color, like my friend @byron_auguste you might refer to it as a Nazi disease. 21/
Where did they teach in Sunday school we can be negligent of others when we feel safe?
Where is pious Vice President Pence? Where are evangelical leaders? 22/
Where is pious Vice President Pence? Where are evangelical leaders? 22/
I don’t know Joe Rogan but do people in our country really care what he thinks about them?
While local officials & scientists get death threats for wearing masks? Get asked to falsify data & under test?
What is wrong with us? 23/
While local officials & scientists get death threats for wearing masks? Get asked to falsify data & under test?
What is wrong with us? 23/
As the death rate drops & people feel safer, lower risk people will be even more cavalier about getting back to their lives. 24/
Science is not our missing ingredient in beating this virus. Empathy is.
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