Coronavirus deadliest in New York City's black and Latino neighborhoods, data shows

Reuters ^ | 05 18 2020 | Maria Caspani, Jonathan Allen

[yesthatjallen]

Some New York City neighborhoods have seen death rates from the novel coronavirus nearly 15 times higher than others, according to data released by New York City’s health department on Monday, showing the disproportionate toll taken on poor communities.

The data shows for the first time a breakdown on the number of deaths in each of the city’s more than 60 ZIP codes. The highest death rate was seen on the edge of Brooklyn in a neighborhood dominated by a large subsidized-housing development called Starrett City.

Civic leaders had been pushing for the more granular data, which they said would show stark racial and economic disparities after New York City became the heart of one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in the world in March and April.

In the wealthy, mostly white enclave of Gramercy Park in Manhattan, the rate is 31 deaths per 100,000 residents, the data shows. A long subway ride away in Far Rockaway in the borough of Queens, which is more than 40% black and 25% Latino or Hispanic, the death rate is nearly 15 times higher: 444 deaths per 100,000 residents.

SNIP

[yesthatjallen]

Map showing NYC hot spots:

"The data presented on these pages reflect the most recent information the Health Department has collected about people who have tested positive for COVID-19 in NYC. In March, April and early May, we had discouraged people with mild and moderate symptoms from being tested, so our data primarily represent people with more severe illness."

NY COVID-19: Data

[lightman]

And where was AOC?

Standing in solidarity with her hard-hit district?

No—bunkered down like Gropin’ Joe Biden...in her case, in DC.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

Crappy diets, cramped housing, and no social distancing?

[Secret Agent Man]

i am waiting for the Cuomo is Racist articles to flood the media outlets

.....

because you know they always do this to (R) officials

[CondoleezzaProtege]

Praying. And for the nursing homes too. :(

[thoughtomator]

probably nursing homes located there due to opportunity zone incentives

this zip code analysis reeks of sleight of hand

[proud American in Canada]

That’s exactly what I was going to say. :)

[Grampa Dave]

The Shelter/Stay-at-home Serial Killer Andrew Cuomo:

Most new Covid-19 hospitalizations in New York state are from people who were staying home and not venturing much outside, a “shocking” finding, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday.

The preliminary data was from 100 New York hospitals involving about 1,000 patients, Cuomo said at his daily briefing.

It shows that 66% of new admissions were from people who had largely been sheltering at home. The next highest source of admissions was from nursing homes, 18%.

“If you notice, 18% of the people came from nursing homes, less than 1% came from jail or prison, 2% came from the homeless population, 2% from other congregate facilities, but 66% of the people were at home, which is shocking to us,” Cuomo said.

“This is a surprise: Overwhelmingly, the people were at home,” he added. “We thought maybe they were taking public transportation, and we’ve taken special precautions on public transportation, but actually no, because these people were literally at home.”

They were sheltering in place just as “experts” like Drs. Fauci and Birx and politicians like Andrew Cuomo have been telling us to do, yelling at us to do.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3843159/posts

PS: Oh, by the way, sheltering and cowering at home/inside during Quarantine is a great way to LOWER your Vitamin D and Dopamine levels.

[Signalman]

Obviously, the CV is racist.

[lightman]

The "cure" proves deadlier than the disease.

So what do "Our betters" order? LONGER lockdowns!

[absalom01]

The map might be fine.

The rest of the article is riddled with conclusory assumptions.

Meh.

[Grampa Dave]

The “cure” proves deadlier than the disease.

So what do “Our betters” order? LONGER lockdowns!

Because they will do anything to defeat Trump this November, even destroying the people in their cities or in their states.

[The Fop]

Of course they leave out not practicing proper hygiene on this list.... which is probably the single biggest factor causing younger people to spread the disease to vulnerable people within these communities

[Grampa Dave]

Obviously, the CV is racist and sexist as it apparently takes out more men than women.

[DoughtyOne]

I’ll have to admit I get sick and tired of hearing about race
on every issue.

Still..., here it does seem like something to at least look
at. Determine what the cause is and hopefully find a fix.

None of us wants to see any community hit hard by this.

None the less, I don’t want the slightest hint of “someone
did this to me because they just don’t care.” B. S. to that!

[Rdct29]

I would check to see how many convalescent homes are in these neighborhoods before I believe the data.

[Nomad577]

Poor people have poor diets with higher instances of preexisting conditions and missing key nutrients, lack of overall healthcare maintenance. Poor whites have same problems but spread out more in rural areas that may be the next stage

[dp0622]

I knew being white in NYC would pay off one day :)

[alexander_busek]

Obviously, the CV is racist and sexist as it apparently takes out more men than women.

It is also politically biased, since it has demonstrably taken out far more Democrats than Republicans.

(I guess that holing up in concentrated urban areas and inner-city warrens isn't as healthy as living free in wide, open spaces.)

Regards,

[edwinland]

Eventually they will stumble into a very simple explanation. If you get it, Vitamin D determines how hard you will be hit. Most people in athens Northeast are mildly Vitamin D deficient by this time of year especially if the are staying home or in a nursing home. Add to that, people with darker tone skin absorb less Vitamin D and it is well documented that African Americans and Hispanics in living at this latitude have greater Vitamin D deficiency.