[Note: by Liberal Conspiracy Theory I mean not a theory about liberals, but a theory held by liberals about the Deep Right.]
Who’s dying of Covid-19?
To state the obvious—I know you’ve been thinking it, but are wary of seeming too paranoid—the Trumpian Right is getting just what it wants out of the Covid-19 pandemic. Steven Miller goes home at night chortling at the latest death toll—OK, he may be sorry about some bigoted Trump fans dying (there’s always collateral damage in a righteous war), but not enough to suppress his glee at the bigger picture.
Those who are dying in the greatest numbers, out of proportion to their fraction of the population:
(1) People in big cities: New York; Philadelphia; Chicago; Detroit; Boston; Baltimore . . .
(2) Minorities, African-Americans in particular: for example, in Wisconsin 40 percent of Covid-19 fatalities are blacks, and they represent 6 percent of the population.
(3) Prisoners, with blacks being imprisoned across the U.S. at five times the rate of whites.
(4) The elderly—in the U.S. as of March 16, 80% of Covid-19 deaths were in people age 65 or older.
(5) People with serious underlying health conditions.
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