Ongoing American genocide
Change in life expectancy at birth, by Hispanic origin and race and sex: United States, 2019 and 2020*
* Data from the first half of 2020 only. It will get worse
Black men: -3.0 years
Hispanic men: -2.4 years
Black women: -2.3 years
Hispanic women: -1.1 years
White men: -0.8 years
White women: -0.7 years
Source CDC https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsrr/VSRR10-508.pdf
i dont know how you can see this and not have to stop for a moment and just seethe with anger. this isnt just covid either — life expectancy has declined in america in the majority of years since 2010
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the wrong people are dying, the wrong people are afraid, we cannot solve this peacefully
@kate similarly i've had the "60% of covid death toll in uk are disabled" number rattling around in my skull. unspeakable violence that can only be met in kind