An intersectional approach is critical to identifying the populations most vulnerable to COVID. Black women are dying from COVID at 3 times the rate of White & Asian men. So the "men are dying at higher rates than women" narrative does not cut it. https://twitter.com/19thnews/status/1379560914991599624

Importantly, Black men are dying at the highest rate. Still, it matters that Black women are dying most after them, not other men. So saying "men are dying at higher rates than women" (as I've heard often) is not sufficient. It masks the intersecting dynamics of race*gender.

I am not interested in the "oppression olympics" here. This is not about ranking suffering. It is about knowing how to understand this virus, the processes that have driven its effects, the appropriate interventions & the populations most acutely in need of support & resources.

Our knowledge of race*gender COVID patterns has been limited by data collection inadequacies. Note that the study cited in the piece I retweeted above only includes data from Michigan & Georgia. Also note that there is no mention of Latina women (b/c no data). We must do better.