Race and COVID

In the US, about 75% of the deaths of children are Hispanic, non-Hispanic Black, and non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaskan Native. This matters. I think fewer people of privilege would be so desperate to minimize the impact on children if the most marginalized victims weren't also the chief victims.

The paper supports the hypothesis that there can be reduced support for safety precautions among white residents. Allison Skinner-Dorkenoo is an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Georgia.

“When white people in the U.S. were more aware of racial disparities in Covid-19, they were less fearful of Covid-19.  We found evidence of less empathy for people who are vulnerable to Covid-19 and we also found evidence of reduced support for safety precautions to prevent the spread of Covid-19.”

She added that the findings show that white people tend to care less about Covid and its impact when they believe it is “not a white people problem.”

From the secure and sheltered, there is more outrage about museum vaccinations than about children suffering from a vaccine-preventable virus. If more White children had died, the mass infections of unvaccinated children wouldn't have been championed.