70% Of People Dying From Coronavirus In Chicago Are Black, Report Says

Block Club Chicago ^ | 04/05/2020 | Kelly Bauer

[Bonemaker]

CHICAGO — Black coronavirus victims are dying at disproportionately high rates, a problem Gov. JB Pritzker said is due, in part, to “decades, frankly, maybe centuries, of inequality of application of health care to people of color.”

In Chicago, 70 percent of the people who have died from coronavirus are Black, according to a WBEZ analysis. Black people comprise just 29 percent of Chicago’s population.

[Bonemaker]

Take it to the Supreme Court.

[Zathras]

“Women and minorities hardest hit”

[Cowboy Bob]

Very few people are dying in Africa.

[madison10]

Because that is WHO LIVES THERE. 🙄 This is just stupid.

[JonPreston]

They can still vote, right?

[DIRTYSECRET]

And the percentage of those who die from guns?

[a fool in paradise]

How has gun violence in Chiraq been lately?

[BBQToadRibs]

I would suspect jobs with a lot of customer service contact, and social circles would be heavily in play.

[OttawaFreeper]

Then it’s time to demand reparations from the Chinese.

[pepsi_junkie]

It's going to be like when AIDS was killing gays in the '80s and the media said it was Reagan's fault and accused him of homophobia. Of course gays could have, you know, taken precautions but in large numbers they wouldn't but still, Reagan's fault.

In this case, it's a disease that effects everyone, I can't see how they could possible connect Trump to some racist plot to exterminate blacks but I'm sure it will happen.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

https://mobile.twitter.com/KenWebsterII/status/1246959743513628673

Maybe it’s a mask issue...

[BradyLS]

Well, if we’re back to this $#!+ so soon, things aren’t nearly as bad as we are being led to believe.

[Gay State Conservative]

Impeachment 2.0

[absalom01]

So far.

That will, sadly, change.

[rightwingcrazy]

Clearly Chicago is racist. Sue the mayor.

Worldwide, there are also racial disparities in pandemic deaths. Sue the Earth.

[LoveMyFreedom]

And the point is!!!!!!

[lastchance]

What proportion of Chicago is Black? You can’t look at overall population but at the Black population to determine if the rate is truly disproportionate.

[Skywise]

So what’s the percentage of black people in Chicago who have it?

Bet it’s 70%...

It’s a stupid, race-baiting, nonsensical article written purely for socialist propaganda. (Typical)

[InterceptPoint]

Pandemic pandering at it’s best. That is it’s worst.

[Skywise]

The article says “just 29%” but I don’t believe that.