New research confirms associations between COVID-19 mortality rates and socioeconomic position, gender, ethnicity and race.

68% of COVID-19 deaths during the first year of the pandemic were adults in low socioeconomic positions

University of South Florida epidemiologist Jason Salemi's research confirmed associations between COVID-19 mortality rates and socioeconomic position, gender, ethnicity and race.

Salemi's research shows:

  • The mortality rate of low SEP adults is five times higher when compared to high SEP adults, and the mortality rate of intermediate SEP adults is two times higher.
  • White women make up the largest population group considered high SEP. In contrast, nearly 60 percent of Hispanic men are in a low SEP.
  • When compared, the mortality rate of low SEP Hispanic men is 27 times higher than high SEP white women.

"The degree to which it takes a toll on communities is very unevenly distributed and we wanted to call attention to that issue," Salemi said.

Reminder that crackers started storming state capitols demanding lockdowns end about a week after news reported covid was harming black people at far greater rates than anyone else.

The "return to normal" was driven by complete disregard to the lives of low wage workers and outright racism.

But I'm sure things are great now that the "pandemic is over". Genocide Joe and the party of science wouldn't lie to you. Capitalism wouldn't just sacrifice workers like that, right?

  • NoLeftLeftWhereILive [none/use name, she/her]7•4 months ago

    The exposure is next level. Schools, daycares, healthcare settings too, clearly jobs where there are a lot of women as well. Pretty sure the response would look different if more tech bros were dying or getting longcovid from this. Sadly we might be getting there though.

    And public health messaging has truly been motivated by the capitalists on this.

    We currently have the tail-end covid and we had an electrician come over yesterday and my partner told him that we are likely still not good to be around. The guy replied with "Yes, but I am vaccinated 4 times". My partner replied with "I am 5 times and still have been sick for almost two weeks now, would you like a mask?". He was happy to take the mask.

    It was still risky for him, but they are sent to these apartments by the landlords who employ them and nobody cares to protect the workers.

    Biggest issue is that these workers clearly trust public health enough that they really think they are protected now. What will this do to that trust, why is anyone surprised that anti-vax sentiments are on the rise? It's a symptom of this.

    • sooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]6•4 months ago

      Pretty sure the response would look different if more tech bros were dying or getting longcovid from this

      I know a lot about long-COVID, and roughly 80% of LC sufferers on reddit are white (which is parity for reddit, being 80% white as a whole)

      Latinos were overrepresented at something like 10% while being only 3% of reddit as a whole

      I think a lot of people are developing long-covid symptoms which are "mild" enough that we don't hear about them

      Biggest issue is that these workers clearly trust public health enough that they really think they are protected now. What will this do to that trust, why is anyone surprised that anti-vax sentiments are on the rise?

      The biggest elephant in the room on Hexbear is that every single thing the vaccine was supposed to do was gradually walked back step by step until it's now AT BEST a slight band-aid that doesn't even stay on properly.
      The vaccine is almost useless, the illness is a bioweapon and radical 1960s style hardcore hippie organizing is the only way to even stand a chance at eradicating it (I was banned from reddit-logo for this last line)

      • fox [comrade/them]11•4 months ago

        The vaccine does significantly reduce the risk of a slow and painful death to Lungs Broken.

          • fox [comrade/them]14•4 months ago

            You're kind of running a survivorship and confirmation bias there, though. Vaccines aren't instantly effective, so if someone dies shortly after getting vaccinated, that's not proof the vaccine didn't work. And of course someone isn't going to say the vaccine didn't prevent their death if they died, and they wouldn't say it prevented their death regardless because they still got sick. We've known for years the vaccines don't stop sickness, they just reduce the lethality of infection.

    • bigboopballs [he/him]2•4 months ago

      Sadly we might be getting there though.

      how? don't they mostly work from home?

      • NoLeftLeftWhereILive [none/use name, she/her]4•4 months ago

        The push for return to office. At least here I am hearing about more and more sick tech workers, the whole "our entire office is sick"-thing. Not everyone will come out of that ok.

        Statistically the push for in person stuff will raise their exposure too. They are working class, and can lose their protection on a whim, many have already lost it.

        The amount of finance shenanigans the capitalist class has going on around in the use of these office buildings and other in-person infra is huge. And we spend a lot more when we have to leave our homes. Travel, eating out, clothing. They want the high earners out there, consuming and getting sick.