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From nothingnewunderthesun.com:

COVID-19 in Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups – “Long-standing systemic health and social inequities have put some members of racial and ethnic minority groups at increased risk of getting COVID-19 or experiencing severe illness, regardless of age. Among some racial and ethnic minority groups, including non-Hispanic black persons, Hispanics and Latinos, and American Indians/Alaska Natives, evidence points to higher rates of hospitalization or death from COVID-19 than among non-Hispanic white persons. As of June 12, 2020, age-adjusted hospitalization rates are highest among non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native and non-Hispanic black persons, followed by Hispanic or Latino persons. Non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native persons have a rate approximately 5 times that of non-Hispanic white persons, non-Hispanic black persons have a rate approximately 5 times that of non-Hispanic white persons, Hispanic or Latino persons have a rate approximately 4 times that of non-Hispanic white persons.” – CDC (Updated June 25, 2020)

 – HAPPENED TO HEAR THIS ON CNN OF ALL PLACES.  SO ROUGHLY SPEAKING LOOKING AT THE FIGURES BELOW FROM THE CDC:

648.5 TOTAL HOSPITALIZATIONS PER 100,000    = .648%

608.4 NON-WHITE HOSPITALIZATIONS PER 100,000    =  .608%

40.1 WHITE HOSPITALIZATIONS PER 100,000  = .0401%

WE ARE SHUTTING DOWN THE COUNTRY FOR THIS, FOR THESE PERCENTAGES? 

WHAT I GATHER FROM THIS, IS THAT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN IN BIGGER CITIES WHERE THE VAST PROPORTION OF MINORITIES LIVE. RURAL AMERICA, FORGET IT. MORE PEOPLE PROBABLY GO TO THE HOSPITAL FOR BROKEN BONES THAN THESE NUMBERS INDICATE. WHY ISN’T THE MEDIA ALL OVER THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MAKE THIS GO VIRAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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If coronavirus is far more widespread than was thought, that means it’s less deadly than it’s made it out to be. From Kari Paul at theguardian.com:

Non-peer reviewed study from Stanford found rate of virus may be 50 to 85 times higher than official figures

A new study in California has found the number of people infected with coronavirus may be tens of times higher than previously thought.

The study from Stanford University, which was released Friday and has yet to be peer reviewed, tested samples from 3,330 people in Santa Clara county and found the virus was 50 to 85 times more common than official figures indicated.

“This has implications for learning how far we are in the course of the epidemic,” said Eran Bendavid, the associate professor of medicine at Stanford University who led the study. “It has implications for epidemic models that are being used to design policies and estimate what it means for our healthcare system.”

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