COVID19: Black "Communities" Were Not the Hardest Hit in New Hampshire - Granite Grok

COVID19: Black “Communities” Were Not the Hardest Hit in New Hampshire

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Remember that narrative about COVID-19? The one where this virus is “hitting” the black community hardest? Even here in New Hampshire, I have seen it. Problem? Black Communities are not the hardest hit by COVID-19 in New Hampshire.


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Before we get to the numbers, a quick note because it matters, both local and national media, so-called black leaders, and politicians have wagged their fingers at America over the unusually high number of ‘cases’ among minorities. As if that was somehow our fault (our, meaning all white people who are not registered Democrats) and that this could not be a by-product of personal choices within a community or its culture. (It could.)

Whatever the unknown variables, where and when the data supported it, that narrative went out the window when George Floyd was murdered. The Black Lying Marxists (BLM) and their progressive fiscal agents saw an opportunity to make systemically racist police officers the thing that had hit ‘The Black Community’ hardest. What was (is) nothing more than an opportunity to advance a far-left bucket-list item regardless of any viral threat to the ‘Community.’

So, after weeks of that previous narrative – whatever it was, I’ve already forgotten – the same people encouraged minorities to gather together in large crowds and yell (and in some unfortunate instances, loot, burn, assault, and even kill each other). The effect of that on the community remains unexplored by the Left for political purposes because it won’t do that original narrative (or them) any favors.

But then, neither is this fact. The biggest threat to black lives by a vast margin is black-on-black crime. But that petty annoyance was dismissed because the fiscal agents and the Black Lesbian Marxists wanted to wipe out local policing and replace it with jackbooted federal policing.

Meanwhile, here in Way Too White NH™ (no riots or destruction), minorities have (in fact) tested positive at higher rates than their populations, but that’s a meaningless statistic because they have not demographically suffered more deaths from COVID-19.

As of today, NH Hispanics, for example, who represent 3.9% of the state population, had 11.8% of reported infections and 10.2% of the hospitalizations but only 3.1% of the deaths.

Our Black communities account for 1.4% of the state population, with 6.1% of infections, 4.7% of hospitalizations, and 2.2% of deaths. Yes, 2.2% is higher than 1.4% Steve, so that’s hit hard, right?

Every death is a tragedy, and it hits someone hard. And in this case, that 2.2% of deaths translates to 8 lost souls whose passing we mourn. But the white population was ‘hit harder.’

People of non-color (white or caucasian), who comprise 90% of the state population, had 74% of infections, 78.7% of hospitalizations, and 91.1% of all deaths. That amounts to 326 tragically lost lives, 1.1% above their portion of the state population. Small difference but 1.1% is more than 0.8%, and if it were the other way around, we’d hear about it daily.

I’m not trying to make the reverse point. I’m making a different point altogether – what should matter most is that only one person under the age of forty has died and no one under twenty – zero. The majority, 96% of those we’ve lost, were over the age of 60, with 86.5% over 70 years of age. Most were comorbid and in a nursing home or a long term care facility.

The numbers we lost to suicide, overdose, depression, or alcohol are unknown. The instances of child or spousal abuse are unclear. The lives and fortunes or businesses destroyed are rising, and I bet the numbers are scary.

Another thing. The single most significant demographic other than the elderly to catch the thing is health care workers. Two closing points there. First, that makes sense given the close and constant contact, and second, they were all wearing masks in close quarters with people who were symptomatic for all the good it did them.

Details matter, masks still don’t work, so as you were.

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