Gregg Gonsalves responds to David Leonhardt’s article “Covid and Race” in The New York Times | weehingthong

Gregg Gonsalves responds to David Leonhardt’s article “Covid and Race” in The New York Times

Posted on June 10, 2022 by weehingthong

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Gregg Gonsalves is a global health activist, an epidemiologist, an associate professor at Yale School of Public Health and an associate professor at Yale Law School. Wikipedia

Awards: Open Society Fellowship; NIDA Avenir Award; John M. Lloyd Foundation AIDS Leadership Award; MacArthur Fellowship

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David Leonhardt is an American journalist and columnist. Beginning April 30, 2020, he writes the daily “The Morning” newsletter for The New York Times. He also contributes to the paper’s Sunday Review section. His column previously appeared weekly in The New York Times. Wikipedia

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So I am asking for a retraction this piece by the @NYTimes. This piece by @DLeonhardt is just wrong. Why? 1/ https://t.co/4uav4gTGBI
— Gregg Gonsalves (@gregggonsalves) June 9, 2022

In fact, here is the CDC's description of "Risk for COVID-19 Infection, Hospitalization, and Death By Race/Ethnicity." 3/ https://t.co/AuZx6UfcGr
— Gregg Gonsalves (@gregggonsalves) June 9, 2022

Read the fine print: "Adjusting by age is important because risk of infection, hospitalization & death is different by age & age distribution differs by racial & ethnic group. If the effect of age is not accounted for, racial & ethnic disparities can be under/over estimated." 5/ pic.twitter.com/9D6AYOalxP
— Gregg Gonsalves (@gregggonsalves) June 9, 2022

And since someone has suggested he's talking about more recent figures, I'll add this in. https://t.co/fHT5zx6UYb
— Gregg Gonsalves (@gregggonsalves) June 9, 2022

"There were significant racial/ethnic and gender disparities in severe clinical outcomes in the Omicron cohort, with Black, Hispanic patients having more ED visits and ICU admissions than White and non-Hispanic patients, respectively…" https://t.co/tovcu14AsR
— Gregg Gonsalves (@gregggonsalves) June 9, 2022

And finally. https://t.co/EHy3aiVEb8
— Gregg Gonsalves (@gregggonsalves) June 9, 2022

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