Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Eastover Leads the Way but not in a Good Way

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said Eastover and other Northeast Jackson neighborhoods lead Jackson in Covid-19 infections. 


Mayor Lumumba said Jackson's infection rate was 29 per 100,000 people, slightly better than the Hinds County rate of 35/100,000. 

The Mayor said the neighborhoods suffering the worst Covid-19 outbreaks since September are

* Eastover, Leftover, Highland, Sherwood Forest have a 142% increase 

* Belhaven, Millsaps have a 120% increase 

* North of JSU between Robinson & Capitol Street saw a 116% increase

* Shadow Lake Estates, Western Hills, Brookhollow Place have a 112% increase. 

* Woodhill Heights has a 97% increase. 

The areas with the greatest gains in infection rate since last week are Eastover, Northeast Jackson, West Jackson, and Presidential Hills. 

The Mayor blamed the increases on the Mississippi State Fair.  He encouraged the Governor to institute a statewide mask mandate. Mayor Lumumba said a mask mandate is still active in Jackson.  He said the mandate allows him to let businesses remain open. 

Kingfish note: The Mayor said no Trick or Treaters knocked on his door as he knocked down Halloween as a cause of the outbreak. Um, Mr. Mayor, you live in a small, gated neighborhood.  There are probably not many children to Trick or Treat in that neighborhood.  


 

 

41 comments:

Anonymous said...

what an idiot-

Anonymous said...

they also "lead the way" in paying your taxes but they don't get much praise for that.

Unknown said...

So, has Baby Chok discovered the incubation period is now a month or more? Didn't the fair end about 6 weeks ago?

Anonymous said...

Always someone else’s fault. The Govt. Statues. Racism. People who don’t live in your community. And so on and so on.

Anonymous said...

He's so hard up for media attention he's now starring in his own standup grasp-at-straws circus. Using percentage metrics to blame low population density neighborhoods only reinforces how eager the TV Newsers are to sample Antard's latest batch of snake oil.

Anonymous said...

He mentioned much about the rising murder rate on the other side of I-55? Don't think so. #staywoke

Anonymous said...

"He said the mandate allows him to let businesses remain open."

I hope Antard doesn't think its him allowing businesses to remain open. This fool is full of himself. The day I shut my business down for him is the day he shows up and tells me to my face and we see about that.

Anonymous said...

Blamin' it on whitey

Anonymous said...

what a moron. the fair was outdoors. so was trick or treat.

Anonymous said...

The reason that these areas are leading in reported cases is that the residents of these areas are the most likely ones to get themselves tested and report a positive test.

Anonymous said...

Doesn't JJ have a series called Idiots of the day. Did someone say Eastover... Northeast Idiots.

Anonymous said...

Going from 1 to 2 is a 100% increase. He should have given more exact numbers to better explain the data.

Anonymous said...

How do you find COVID numbers down to the neighborhood level??

Anonymous said...

Zip Codes

Albert Schweitzer said...


The largest consolation from this blather from the "mayor" is there is only a possibility of anything he says containing any resemblance to either truth or reality.

Homicides are something it might be possible for him to have an influence; pandemics not.

So, "mayor" how are we doing with homicides this year?
Will you be so proud we could call it "the year of joke-way"?

Anonymous said...

Wonder if it's because Eastover is full of doctors "front line workers"? So sick of Lamamba. That dude loves to hear himself talk.

Anonymous said...

That's laughable! NO ONE from Eastover goes to the State Fair, and NO ONE with any sense at all goes to the State Fair after dark.

Anonymous said...

We used to live in Eastover. We've never been to the State Fair, or even seriously considered going to any fair, anywhere, ever. I don't remember other Eastover people ever saying they were going to the Fair, or even considering doing so. BabyChok's Mauve McMansion, just beyond the gates of Eastmont (a tiny cul-de-sac of an enclave, buttonholed into the area known as 'Leftover') is right across Ridgewood Road from Eastover.

BabyChok ought to know that Eastover people are among the Jacksonians LEAST LIKELY to go to the State Fair.

As for the "cases", these are a reflection of testing, and little else. The tests tell us very little. I won't say they're meaningless. But they don't tell us very much. Eastover people probably get tested more, because they DO MORE. Being tested, these days, is hard to avoid, if a person is out-and-about, and DOING THINGS (working... traveling... going to school...).

Anonymous said...

Meanwhile....

The sewage still runs in the streets..........

The gunfire and dead bodies stack up..........

The water looks like Somalia's.......

Businesses close everyday.....................

The criminals run the neighborhoods...........

Anonymous said...

I doubt it was the fair in Eastover and Highland and Leftover. More likely it's going to ballgames and CCJ and River Hills.

The Jackson bashers remain hopelessly boring and repetitive and thankfully stay away.

Anonymous said...

39211-6466 has experienced a major breakout of stupid.

Anonymous said...

I live in Jackson

Have for 32 years

This website and its operator contribute to a toxic spew of hatred.

Jackson is far from perfect but I think those who post so vehemently against it may have other issues their lives.

The holidays are rough....seek help.





Anonymous said...

Bingo 12:36 but don't forget the potholes and professional begger's on every corner!

Anonymous said...

As "Prop Joe" said in "The Wire", "Look the part, be the part!"

Anonymous said...

Looks like some Eastover folks are all bent out of shape because somebody suggested they went to the fair. Geez. We used to pick up JA and Woodland Hills girls at the fair every year. Yes, they are there. Always have been.

Big Daddy Warbucks said...

I live in Eastover 3:31. Clearly you don't as you don't know crap. We DO NOT go to the fair, and our children better not. It is slimy, silly, full of miscreants (look it up), and frankly, beneath us. SMDH in disgust.

Anonymous said...

The people who troll Eastover cannot afford to live there.

Anonymous said...

They go just like everyone else.

Kingfish said...

Eastover residents go to the state fair. Went with a friend who lives in Eastover this year. I see Eastover residents posting their fair pics on FB every year.

The best nights to go are Monday and Tuesday nights. It's a smaller crowd, more family oriented, and you don't see the neckrats there as much.

Anonymous said...

KF, isn’t your platform large enough to hold his feet to the fire about the climbing murder record? I’m being serious. Is anyone holding Antar accountable? Can anyone hold Antar accountable to any degree?

Anonymous said...

Somebody needs to hold him accountable on that outfit he wore at the press conference....

39110 said...

Five digit ZIP codes do not typically identify at the neighborhood level. Besides, I've never known anybody who states his/her ZIP code in terms of nine digits.

Anonymous said...

If it really is increasing in Eastover, it's because private schools are playing all sports, not reporting or shutting down, kids play on travel baseball, volleyball and soccer teams (which have had huge tournaments all along) and families are still traveling to Florida, and wherever else, plus they are going out more and eating out more than the average resident of Jackson.

Anonymous said...

Regarding His Honor's ability (or whatever) to "keep businesses open."

Reminds me of a scene from Fiddler on the Roof:


Leibesh [Rabbinical student]: Is there a proper blessing for the czar?
Rabbi: A blessing for the czar? Of course. May God bless and keep the czar... far away from us

Anonymous said...

6:48 is correct. I have three kids at JA and my kids finished a full season of middle school, junior varsity and varsity football. Many kids play travel ball, also. I appreciate JA having the guts to let the kids have a somewhat normal life. My grandfather used to say there’s a certain amount of risk associated with getting out of bed in the morning. I know Covid can kill and that’s scary. I have several, high risk family members that I pray don’t catch it. I don’t think giving up our children’s well-being, ability to support ourselves economically, right to exercise our freedom of assembly ...hell, our entire way of life is the solution. No one in my home has been infected yet and I have three kids in school, extracurricular activities such as dance, gymnastics, football. My husband deals with public in his job. We go to church and see friends and family. We are overdue, clearly. Some of us have been exposed at least 2-3 times. Are we approaching herd immunity yet?

Anonymous said...

" I have three kids at JA "

I honestly can't understand why that school continues to remain in an area where gunshots are the normal sound
during the little one's recess.

( But whatever the parents at JA wish to do) .

You Just Don't Understand said...

6:27 - Not to worry. We have two people in blue attire with whistles and white gloves standing in the street at J.A.

Besides, staying put gives us the opportunity to tell the rest of you, "Hey, I'm not affeared of Jackson. I come and go twice a day at least"...

Anonymous said...

Pray tell where the gunshots are around JA, as I work two blocks over and never had any reports of gunshots anywhere around.

Anonymous said...

Does anyone really think that people from the 'hood go to the Dr. to be tested for something they may or may not have? People from Eastover, Madison, etc... are tested on a regular basis in order to go to work, school and all of the other things that productive members of society do. That is why their numbers are so high. They actually get tested. The people from the 'hood live a much more dangerous lifestyle. They are the true danger because no one knows they are infected.

Anonymous said...

This website if so full of sick and sad old men trolls. Does it make you feel good to get on here and bash everyone and everything? Most of it is flat out lies or extremely exaggerated. It's nauseating. Grown men hiding behind computer screens spewing negativity and hate. Does it not get old? When you look at yourselves in the mirror every morning, do you ever not like what you see? This Christmas while you are celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ who died for our sins, I hope you use it as a time of reflection. While you're griping about Covid and how it's wrong the churches are shut down, ask yourself if what you're going there for is even resonating within your soul. Just because you are "Anonymous" on here doesn't mean that you are with God. I bring up religion because I guarantee all of the trolls claim to be Christians and show up to church every Sunday. No one is perfect (nor am I) but the intentional and relentless hate and bad mouthing is so sad. *steps down from pulpit*

Mr. Boomer said...

" Just because you are "Anonymous" on here doesn't mean . . . "
Thanks anonymous !


"hiding behind computer screens spewing negativity and hate."
We learned this tactic from lil' socialist snowflakes.




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