Friday, January 8, 2021

C19 Racial Disparities Disappear in Mississippi

 The alleged racial disparity among Covid-19 cases and deaths in Mississippi has disappeared.  Blacks now comprise 33% of Covid-19 cases and 41% of deaths in Mississippi.

Blacks were 67% of Covid-19 deaths in April and 55% in May.  Blacks comprise 38% of the population in Mississippi.  The statistics from late Spring make it appear Blacks were suffering disproportionately from the virus.  However, the pandemic had only just begun.  Nearly ten months later, the Covid-19 statistics among ethnic groups have settled down to more closely match their share of the overall population.  


  Blacks are only 41% of all Covid-19 deaths in Mississippi.  The table posted above is copied from the Mississippi State Department of Health's website today.  The Health Department adds up the numbers in the "Black" column.  Such addition yields 2,087 deaths.  2,087/5,061 = 41%.   If only the 1,811 figure is used from the first line, it drops to 37%, one point under the black percentage of the overall population.   


 The Covid-19 picture improves for blacks when reviewing the number of cases in Mississippi.  Blacks make up only one-third of all MississippiCovid-19 cases.  Add up all cases in the "Black" column. 77,944/231,490 = 33%.  The percentage falls to 27% if just the figure in the top line is used. 

What has probably happened is the longer the pandemic lasts, the law of averages began to kick in as it usually does.  The pandemic saw an initial surge in black patients and deaths.  Blacks were two-thirds of the deaths in Mississippi.  Another surge took place among nursing home residents but most of those deaths were white.  Nursing home residents once made up 51% of all Covid-19 deaths but have fallen down to 35%.  As time passes, the Covid-19 statistics approach population norms.  

Kingfish note: Does anyone expect the media to report this good news? 


 

 

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yes, more whites have gotten Covid than blacks. More whites have died than blacks. And the percentages even out.

Will other media outlets (Clarion Ledger) run with this? I doubt it because it does not fit the narrative.

The virus is a non-specific killer. It does not kill black people more than white people and black deaths are not the result of "disparities" in health care.

"Disparities" is properly defined as large differences. But the left has now tossed it in to any discussion of any differences. And here there are no large differences.

Anonymous said...

This is water under the bridge recognizing thst impact on those that have been affected directly by illnesses and deaths for which I sympathize with but were is the reporting on vaccinations per day and are those in charge seeing to it that MS does not fall behind in that area. Too bad that government officials in charge are not focused on exceeding the goal or even publishing clearly when the vaccine wiil be available for all that want it. That is how this country will move past this embarrassing moment in history.

Anonymous said...

One less thing to fuss about .

Anonymous said...

Yeah, dumb ass white people won’t start masking more. Their fault.

Anonymous said...

Black deaths are still higher than average, and the percentage of deaths/confirmed cases is also higher for Blacks.

The rate at which Blacks are contracting COVID may have evened out, but they are still dying more frequently when they do catch it.

Anonymous said...

Yeah the media should report, that black people listened to the science wore mask and practiced social distancing to help lower the spread.

Anonymous said...

You will NEVER convince them of this- it impairs the victimhood narrative

Struggling Over Here said...

12:35 - Any chance you can break down that 51 word opening sentence?

Oh...sorry you're embarrassed.

Anonymous said...

@12:44

Don't worry there will something else along shortly. The Biden "administration" will make sure of that. We're about to witness "race baiting" on a level that will make Obama look like a conservative.

Anonymous said...

My sympathies go to everyone affected by Covid illnesses and deaths. I don't care what color they are.

We need to stop this race-bickering and sniping at each other and move on. "Politics" have been happening for centuries. There is nothing new going on except widespread attention being paid to the incredible extremism on both sides. We saw those extremes with BLM riots after George Floyd's murder and the white supremist/conspiracy nut anarchy in DC this week.

Anonymous said...

Probably because of the disproportionate number of ignorant whites too proudly stupid to wear a mask. Take your science and stuff it I’m taking my F-250 to church this Sunday. Global warming and COVID are conspiracies! I won’t fall for such nonsense. Chewbacca and I are headed to the Capitol.

Anonymous said...

3:07 PM
>We need to stop this race-bickering and sniping at each other and move on.
Where have you been the last 12 years.

Anonymous said...

" We need to stop this race-bickering and sniping at each other and move on."

Tell that to the "progressives".

They are more to blame about what happened in DC than the Conservatives.

When cities were being burned down by the ANTIFA and BLM thugs last year, the media robots would dodge burning shit collapsing around them and then gaze into the camera and say with a straight face . . . "It's peaceful protesters".

Anonymous said...

This shit about a cold is ridiculous. You and I will die regardless, so WTF you worrying about. As of today 0.106% of Americans are reported as dead supposedly directly due to Covid. Damn, fire up the crematoriums.

Anonymous said...

4:58 - welp, we've been putting 2 patients in ICU beds since 12/22 according to Dobbs. Don't worry, these people have a tube stuffed into their neck and are sleeping like little babies. Maybe they wake up, maybe they don't.

You Make Me Cringe said...

12:35 - You posted, "...deaths for which I sympathize with..."

Allow me, please. "...deaths with which I sympathize..."


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