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David Leonhardt and the Tolerable Plague w/ Abby Cartus (06/16/22)

Death Panel

CHAPTER

Analyzing COVID Mortality Rates and Addressing Systemic Racism

The chapter delves into the importance of adjusting data for age when analyzing COVID mortality rates, discussing the misleading portrayal of unadjusted rates and the accuracy of age-adjusted rates. It also critiques the shifting narrative around the pandemic response and the consequences of downplaying racial gaps in vaccination rates, highlighting a critique of a notable figure for dismissing concerns about racism in the pandemic context.

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