The imbalance in death rates among the nation’s racial and ethnic groups has been a defining part of the pandemic. A Post analysis reveals a changing pattern in covid deaths. wapo.st/3EYeGLo
Photo of a covid test. Headline reads, “Covid’s racial flip-flop — how and why early trends have reversed”

ALT Photo of a covid test. Headline reads, “Covid’s racial flip-flop — how and why early trends have reversed”

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At the start of the crisis, Black people were more than three times as likely to die of covid as White people. As 2020 progressed, death rates narrowed, but not because fewer Black people were dying. White people began dying at unimaginable numbers, too. wapo.st/3EYeGLo
Race gap narrowed and flipped in covid death rates. The gap in age-adjusted covid death rates between Black and White people has narrowed over time. As of fall 2021, the gap reversed with Black rates lower than White rates except during the peak of the omicron wave. Black rates have been higher than White rates in the major coronavirus surges. This is reflected in a line graph made by Dan Keating from The Post.

ALT Race gap narrowed and flipped in covid death rates. The gap in age-adjusted covid death rates between Black and White people has narrowed over time. As of fall 2021, the gap reversed with Black rates lower than White rates except during the peak of the omicron wave. Black rates have been higher than White rates in the major coronavirus surges. This is reflected in a line graph made by Dan Keating from The Post.

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In summer 2021, the nation saw some of the pandemic’s lowest death rates, as vaccines, shoring up the body’s immune response, became widely available. Then came the delta variant. The virus mutated, able to spread among the vaccinated. wapo.st/3EYeGLo

Whites now more likely to die from covid than Blacks: Why the pandemic shifted

As the pandemic progressed, the damage done by the coronavirus broadened, and the toxicity of modern-day politics came to the fore.

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An erosion of trust in government and in medicine slowed vaccination rates, stymieing the protection afforded by vaccines against severe illness and death. After delta’s peak in September 2021, the racial differences in covid deaths started eroding. wapo.st/3EYeGLo
Black covid death rates fall below White rates. The ratio of age-adjusted Black deaths to White deaths has narrowed during the pandemic. Since last fall, the Black rate has been lower than the White rate except for the peak of omicron. This is reflected in a line graph made by Dan Keating from the Washington Post.

ALT Black covid death rates fall below White rates. The ratio of age-adjusted Black deaths to White deaths has narrowed during the pandemic. Since last fall, the Black rate has been lower than the White rate except for the peak of omicron. This is reflected in a line graph made by Dan Keating from the Washington Post.

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The Post analysis found that Black deaths declined, while White deaths never eased until the mortality gap flipped. From the end of October through the end of December 2021, White people died at a higher rate than Black people did, The Post found. wapo.st/3EYeGLo
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Replying to @washingtonpost
The vaccine has NEGATIVE EFFICACY and more whites than blacks are taking the vaccine, so we should be seeing more white deaths than blacks. Because the vaccine is worse than useless. It is harmful.

Oct 26, 2022 · 1:19 PM UTC
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