Death rates for children in certain ethnic minorities are over 3 times that of white children

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https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2021/09/22/children-face-racial-disparities-as-covid-19-infections-rise/


Children face racial disparities as COVID-19 infections rise


Children of color are more likely than white children to be infected, hospitalized and die from the coronavirus, according to the Kaiser analysis. They may also be less likely to be vaccinated, leaving them particularly vulnerable.


For American Indian/Alaska Native children, the death rates were over 3 times that of white children and, for Black children, the death rates were over 2.5 times higher than their white counterparts.


“These data are not at all unsurprising,” said Jason Salemi, an epidemiologist with the University of South Florida, in an email to the Times. “I hope we are not still so desensitized to certain subgroups in our population bearing the disproportionate brunt of many adverse health outcomes that it isn’t an urgent call to action.”

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1. not surprising but needs fixing NOW!

[jimfields33]

2. Soon it will be when vaccinations can be given to children 5 and up

Need to happen tomorrow of course.

[nitpicker]

3. It's simple IMO

The parents and relatives are the ones staffing the grocery stores and other in-contact places.

((Well, I occasionally spot a white person, but...))

And it's not like they can afford afterschool care or a nanny.

((former latch-key child))