My county has a interesting web page breaking down some stats. Interesting that the latest narrative black people being more prone to COVID-19 does not hold true at all in my area. To me it seems is not a genetic thing but a social situation. I wonder how this holds in different area's?
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/a33a1c52e7fe4252bc1f81e44d725fd1
I've been following this closely (out of interest). Most people think it has to do with institutional racism and though I'm inclined to agree - there are other confounds that might engage with this model. (Thus one reason I've been watching).
I even googled mortality by race in Florida (to see how one potential confound might test that hypothesis). Initial data suggested that race was not statistically significant - and then later data suggested it might be. What a difference a week makes??
Although many people will opine about this - lots of editorials with lots of opinions
from a research perspective - the data is too much noise at this point. We don't even have good death statistics (many people are dying at home, for example). Data is skewed towards the elderly in care homes (in some states). And even if all those things were done well - you can't get GOOD data at the beginning or even the middle of this episode. It will HAVE to be retrospective. It's just poor data at this point.
To be clear, I fully support Governor's who are taking immediate action (sending in more resources to hospitals that have reported these differences - and tons more outreach. I DO support talking about this RIGHT NOW. And I DO support action. There are some pretty big numbers - worthy of attention (and action!).
I just don't support narratives built on incomplete data. Inferences? Yes. Action - YES! People are dying.