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This article from Tara C.

moat — Thu, 07 May 2020 20:48:28 +0000

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This article from Tara C. Smith frames much of what the Vox article does but adds some nuance:

And if areas are reopened before testing capacity increases, which is all but certain, these outbreaks may go undetected until they are too large to contain, necessitating another round of lockdowns. Ironically, in rural areas, where some social distancing occurs naturally, lockdowns may not even be the most efficient way to slow the spread of the disease. Face coverings may be a better option, but there has been some resistance to making them mandatory. (DeWine initially planned to require facemasks as part of Ohio’s reopening but reversed his stance after receiving backlash.) Regardless of the measures they take, rural areas are not yet out of the woods. The worst is still to come.

1 out of 5 rural Texas

artappraiser — Mon, 04 May 2020 02:13:16 +0000

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1 out of 5 rural Texas counties don’t have a doctor. https://t.co/KmXSbgICC0
— Seamus Hughes (@SeamusHughes) May 4, 2020

Houma, Louisiana is in

rmrd0000 — Sat, 02 May 2020 04:38:27 +0000

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Houma, Louisiana is in Terrebonne Parish.

In the Parrish, 12 blacks died from coronavirus compared to 13 whites.

Terrebonne is 70% white and 19% black

https://www.houmatimes.com/news/ldh-releases-data-on-deaths-per-parish-by-race/

African American population

EmmaZahn — Sat, 02 May 2020 03:21:12 +0000

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And/or following where African-Americans are proportionally higher percentages of current populations.

African American population by county in the United States in 2010
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Source: RAC, U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census pic.twitter.com/KNH89OnIQc
— Amazing Maps (@Amazing_Maps) December 15, 2015

Plutocrats want to open the

artappraiser — Sat, 02 May 2020 00:36:17 +0000

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Plutocrats want to open the economy because, hey, The Poor are Always Sick https://t.co/U4tGUvAq4s via @sentantiq
— sententiae antiquae (@sentantiq) April 30, 2020

I have been watching this map

moat — Sat, 02 May 2020 00:08:28 +0000

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I have been watching this map of the south and it keeps getting darker on a per capita basis every day.

Note how Louisiana Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia are merging into a blob. Unlike other "rural" areas there are very few "empty" counties. A covid cordon is following the outlines of the Mason Dixie line.

Suggests all poor are equally

artappraiser — Fri, 01 May 2020 23:57:22 +0000

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Suggests all poor are equally disadvantaged as to catching it, not to mention that because many poor are not tested due to lack of health care access, they may be undercounted in data. Go figure, what a surprise:

For example, Houma, Louisiana, a town of around 32,000 people in the Atchafalaya Basin — live oak and Cajun country — has almost as many cases per capita within its hospital region as Chicago. Greeley, Colorado, where there is a large JBS meatpacking plant, has more cases per capita within its hospital region than Washington, DC.