Posted on 03/31/2020 12:16:23 AM PDT by 11th_VA
Every morning at 10 a.m., the Maryland health department publishes an update to its sobering data about the rapidly spreading coronavirus. The latest state data showed the number of cases among people ages 10 to 19 more than doubled over three days. It documented how the number of cases among women in Maryland surpassed those among men. And it registered cases as they’ve sprung up in county after county after county.
But absent so far is a breakdown of cases by race. Some lawmakers say publishing this information while the pandemic is ongoing is vital so that state officials can monitor any disparities as they arise. “We’ve always known that, historically, there’s been health disparities in communities of color. It’s important to get ahead of it," said state Del. Nick Mosby, a Baltimore Democrat who is running for City Council president.
Mosby started using social media Sunday to push the state to begin publicly tracking cases by race, in addition to age, gender and geographic location. Doctors across the country are making similar calls as some researchers caution black people in America could be hit especially hard by the public health crisis.
Baltimore’s population is more than 60% black.
Asked during a Monday news conference whether the state could report cases by race, deputy state health secretary Fran Phillips said, “I’m not aware that we have looked into that.”
A spokesman for Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, Mike Ricci, said Monday he didn’t have an update on Mosby’s request. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not yet made data available by race, either, although high-profile Democratic lawmakers are pushing for more public information....
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The headline would be: "Corona Virus Gives Preferential Treatment to Whites!"
Ping!
A bunch of you honkies need to kick the bucket.
Virginia reports racial information, although a majority of the cases are “unknown” because the hospitals weren’t tracking.
We also track male/female, but not “other”. probably because we are sexist, so we think biology is what is important in medical reports.
I see people of all races being dragged out to the refrigerated trucks in Queens. (In all the videos).
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