Death In Black & White
COVID19 is colorblind. American healthcare isn't.
Coronavirus care is unequal. Some disproportionally black counties in Georgia have 20 times more infection than predominantly white ones! What's behind the racial divide in healthcare?
Voter suppression and undercounting in the census denies these communities the resources for better healthcare.
Who lives? Who dies?
This map shows how uneven healthcare is in Georgia. Click on the map to explore further.
- The shade of a county shows the number of Coronavirus cases.
- The size of the red circles indicates the number of cases.
- The green dots show major hospitals in that county.
Gov. Kemp is rushing to open the state despite expert warnings. Guess which communities will have the most deaths?
Stacey Abrams Says Governor's Plan to Reopen 'makes no sense'
- 83% of people in Georgia hospitalized with COVID-19 during March were black, according to a CDC report . Black people represent 32% of the state's population.
- Data shows that black communities have been the hardest hit by the virus.
- Source: Business Insider
Coronavirus spreads throughout Georgia
Predominantly white counties
Jackson County has excellent care, plenty of hospital beds and few Coronavirus cases or deaths.
Positive COVID19 rate 1.6 per thousand.
1.4 beds available per 1,000 people
Meanwhile in black counties...
Dougherty County is a typical black county in Georgia.
Coronavirus deaths 'disproportionately high' for black and ethnic minority people
The local hospital is the main resource for Randolph, Terrell, Clay, Calhoun and Baker counties. Patients travel hours for treatment.
Healthcare, politics and voter suppression.
When voters have no political clout or are prevented from voting the price they pay is in blood.
Voting and taking part in the census can bring about change.
Suppressed: The Fight To Vote
Georgia has a history of voter suppression. "Kemp embarked on a series of attempts to constrict the electorate. His office has purged upwards of 1.4 million voters from the rolls." - The Atlantic .
"Republicans generally opposed these efforts. “I don’t want everybody to vote,” Paul Weyrich, the conservative activist and co-founder of the Heritage Foundation, said at a meeting in Dallas in 1980. “... our leverage in the elections goes up as the voting populace goes down.” - NY Times
Georgia Census 2020
The Census determines how resources are allocated such as access to healthcare.
