I haven't paid much attention to the ongoing coverage about how minorities, especially blacks, have been dying in higher numbers from the corona virus. It's really not much of a story. There are higher levels of comorbidity in the black population. Things like diabetes, obesity, alcoholism, smoking, heart disease and drug abuse are more common in that group. As a result, the mortality rate from the virus -- which hits mostly people with such comorbidities -- is higher for blacks than others.
Of course, as with most things concerning charges of racism, the actual facts don't really matter. Two weeks ago, senators Elizabeth Warren, Corey Booker, and Kamala Harris along with some congressmen wrote to the administration asking for an investigation of these higher death rates. They postulated that the higher death rates were due to inherent racism of the doctors staffing the hospitals across America. There's no evidence demonstrating that the doctors are somehow engaging in racism, but these senators are prepared to smear the names of these doctors who are on the front lines in the fight against the virus just the same.
When the Surgeon General was asked about the racial disparity, he appealed to the black community to stop behaviors that were leading to higher mortality from the virus. That led to a firestorm among the media and Democrats that ended with the Surgeon General being labelled an "Uncle Tom" for having the nerve as a black man to make such a politically incorrect statement. Imagine, the black Surgeon General is asked about mortality rates among blacks and he responds by addressing what has caused that disparity and appealing to blacks to do something about it. That makes him an Uncle Tom? In what universe is that a correct outcome? But again, it doesn't matter. Once race is raised, anyone who doesn't agree wholeheartedly with the left is a racist or an Uncle Tom or the like.
Meanwhile, one thing is certain: none of the people raising this issue have offered any suggestion for something that could lower the death rate among blacks. We know it isn't racism among doctors that is to blame. By distracting attention from dealing with the actual problem, these race baiters and just making things worse.
Of course, as with most things concerning charges of racism, the actual facts don't really matter. Two weeks ago, senators Elizabeth Warren, Corey Booker, and Kamala Harris along with some congressmen wrote to the administration asking for an investigation of these higher death rates. They postulated that the higher death rates were due to inherent racism of the doctors staffing the hospitals across America. There's no evidence demonstrating that the doctors are somehow engaging in racism, but these senators are prepared to smear the names of these doctors who are on the front lines in the fight against the virus just the same.
When the Surgeon General was asked about the racial disparity, he appealed to the black community to stop behaviors that were leading to higher mortality from the virus. That led to a firestorm among the media and Democrats that ended with the Surgeon General being labelled an "Uncle Tom" for having the nerve as a black man to make such a politically incorrect statement. Imagine, the black Surgeon General is asked about mortality rates among blacks and he responds by addressing what has caused that disparity and appealing to blacks to do something about it. That makes him an Uncle Tom? In what universe is that a correct outcome? But again, it doesn't matter. Once race is raised, anyone who doesn't agree wholeheartedly with the left is a racist or an Uncle Tom or the like.
Meanwhile, one thing is certain: none of the people raising this issue have offered any suggestion for something that could lower the death rate among blacks. We know it isn't racism among doctors that is to blame. By distracting attention from dealing with the actual problem, these race baiters and just making things worse.
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