that the federal government’s job would be mostly managing the logistics of testing such as supplies and distribution of state funds, as opposed to overseeing the coordination of state testing plans.
Our analysis revealed that, in many cities, testing sites in and near predominantly Black and Hispanic neighborhoods are likely to serve far more patients than those near predominantly white areas.A similar disparity exists between richer and poorer neighborhoods, our analysis showed: Testing resources were more scarce in poorer areas, with fewer sites per person and sites located farther away.
And our calculation of potential demand for testing at some sites in those underserved neighborhoods is likely an underestimation: Based on our reporting, many of the testing sites in those neighborhoods are government-funded community sites. These sites are set up to close the gaps in testing access in different communities, but they tend to be very popular among people from all across the county or urban area because they are often free and don’t require an appointment.
the health care disparities underlying geographic access to testing. “The lack of access for those most vulnerable to infections will only serve to intensify the impact of this pandemic.”MONTINIQUE MONROE / GETTY IMAGESenneth Hamilton, 31, had been waiting for four hours in the line to take a COVID-19 test at Houston’s NRG Stadium.
According to our analysis, of the roughly 45 sites that were actively testing in San Antonio in mid-June, several sites with the lowest potential patient demand were concentrated in the northern neighborhoods of Stone Oak and The Dominion, as well as the areas surrounding Friedrich Wilderness Park, which are allthat boast median household incomes ranging from around $100,000 to $150,000.
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FiveThirtyEight Yet said tests are 40% inaccurate. yawn.
FiveThirtyEight Have you seen what’s going on in a lot of cities?
FiveThirtyEight Are you here to tell me white ppl aren’t waiting 2 hours in their car for a test?
FiveThirtyEight Is this even remotely surprising? The system is racist and corrupt.
FiveThirtyEight Starting to think American has a racist problem.
FiveThirtyEight More white people equals more testing. Very simple.
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FiveThirtyEight I agree and that needs to change, and it needs to change quickly. All lives matter when it comes to people’s health
FiveThirtyEight What stops Black and Hispanic communities from going to those testing sites?
FiveThirtyEight holy systemic racism, batman
FiveThirtyEight I knew that. I've only seen 1 lane drive in Cleve. And 3 in the burbs. So yeah
FiveThirtyEight I for one and shocked...shocked I say!
FiveThirtyEight LOOKS LIKE WE NEED SOME PROTESTORS AT THESE SIGHTS🚨🚨🚨
FiveThirtyEight I hate how media keeps acting like this shit is new.
FiveThirtyEight Me being black in a white neighborhood and stealing COVID tests
FiveThirtyEight America’s insufficient handling of the recent pandemic is not a mistake they know what they’re doing...
FiveThirtyEight I’ll take “fuckin duh” for $200, Alex
FiveThirtyEight It's not race it's wealth
FiveThirtyEight The global system of racism/white supremacy.
FiveThirtyEight For anyone in the Baltimore area: We are also doing Howard County events at the St John Baptist Church at 9055 Tamar Dr, Columbia, MD 21045 on Saturday mornings 8:30-10:30. By appointment and walk-up alike. No ID or insurance needed.
FiveThirtyEight Don't wanna get shot.
FiveThirtyEight Of course. Pretty consistent with everything in this world. We gotta protect ourselves!
RockyMountViews FiveThirtyEight This is old news
FiveThirtyEight The racism never stops. Protests won’t either.
FiveThirtyEight Of course whites have better access to testing sites...and better care from better doctors, more ventilators, better hospitals, neighborhoods, schools, jobs, food, grocery stores, malls, etc. It's called 'white space'. And don't point it out bc if you do, you are a 'racist'.
FiveThirtyEight where is this test site?
nhannahjones FiveThirtyEight That’s strange... all the “pop up testing sites” in my midwestern city are in minority-dominant neighborhoods, where the virus is spreading.
nhannahjones FiveThirtyEight No change from before. This is normal in America
FiveThirtyEight Why don't you confront the Democratic mayors of all those cities? Oh, wait. It's all Trumps fault. Got it.
FiveThirtyEight I just came to see the racists say dumb shit
FiveThirtyEight White neighborhoods in West Virginia ? You mean white neighborhoods with money.
Done_by_Forty FiveThirtyEight Here's the news media forcing racism that doesn't exist on covid testing. Jeez is it just my town with over 100k that has its testing site at a convention center accessible to anyone. Where the majority of minorities live by....
FiveThirtyEight This is such a shitty propganda and misinformation. How dafuq is COVID hitting baclk and hispanic communities harder? Dont you watch the statistics ?
FiveThirtyEight Everything is RACIST!
FiveThirtyEight This whole thing make no sense. I'm fucking lost
FiveThirtyEight it’s almost as if systemic racism is a real thing
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FiveThirtyEight ....it’s like this because literally *everything* about the US is racist. Institutional racism affects every single part of our society.
FiveThirtyEight RevMeshoe markfish74 this is why people say BlackLivesMatter and not ONLY BlackLivesMatter. You should have enough brain 🧠 cells to realize the difference. The Bible demands it
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FiveThirtyEight But I thought more testing meant more cases? So more testing in white neighborhoods, but more cases in Black and Hispanic communities? It's like Trump is lying.
FiveThirtyEight it’s almost like everything is systemically and institutionally racist!!
FiveThirtyEight Sounds about white.
FiveThirtyEight No shit
FiveThirtyEight Hello from Europe, if the US had free healthcare there wouldn't be a difference of treatment, but I guess having everything be on a run for profit is making Americans wet ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯
FiveThirtyEight 😂
FiveThirtyEight This isn’t even close to true Fake News!!
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FiveThirtyEight This is what we mean when we say Racism is systemic and systematic. Racists are the people who built and uphold it , and the privileged are those who benefit from it.
FiveThirtyEight no shit ❤️
FiveThirtyEight Literally disgusting The state of the world doesn't surprise me anymore, but the amount of support I've seen from good people is incredible, please don't stop everyone 💞 BLM ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏻
FiveThirtyEight Not surprised...
FiveThirtyEight ORLY?
FiveThirtyEight That’s cuz white neighborhoods are full of dirt disease infected people.
FiveThirtyEight Are you serious?
FiveThirtyEight Right .. how is this news
FiveThirtyEight Paint me green and call me pickle I would have never guessed.
FiveThirtyEight Oh, look! It’s a product of systemic racism!! Thanks, redlining!
FiveThirtyEight The pope is Catholic. Back to you, tom.
FiveThirtyEight Water is wet
FiveThirtyEight No Chyt..........
FiveThirtyEight RT : White neighborhoods have more access to COVID-19 testing sites—even as the disease is hitting Black and Hispanic communities hardest. More, via FiveThirtyEight:
FiveThirtyEight It’s always funny to me when white people say things like “stop making everything about race” ... when virtually everything - education, housing, employment, finance, healthcare- is plagued with systemic racism.
Mr1738 FiveThirtyEight It really is disgusting how big the disparity is here in Baltimore.
FiveThirtyEight Just go to any neighborhood & get it done 😂😂 It’s political about black people. Again..
MsCypresse25 FiveThirtyEight Does this surprise anyone.
FiveThirtyEight Structural racism.
FiveThirtyEight Now y'all just instigating shit.
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FiveThirtyEight Literally in one of the wealthiest places in MD
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FiveThirtyEight Another bullshit headline. Are these 'white neighborhood' Covid-19 testing sites fenced off from minorities? If a black person stands in line to be tested, are they turned back because of they're black? BS Maximus
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Vani_TheGoat FiveThirtyEight On Another Note. My Response when White People Tell Blacks/Brown People To Go Back To Where You Came From See Clip (If The Shoe Fits....WEAR IT!)
Vani_TheGoat FiveThirtyEight No Surprise. THIS IS NOT NEWS! And it Won't Change! There is a Name For It..........
Shocking !
ouibussucks FiveThirtyEight Wow. That's really fucked up. But I'm not the least bit surprised.
FiveThirtyEight Government taking care of their own. Are we really surprised?
FiveThirtyEight And water is wet
FiveThirtyEight There’s literally a testing site 4 blocks away from me, and it’s always empty. People have been trying to book appointments, but they’re always saying they’re overbooked.
FiveThirtyEight Now back to 'No Shit News'
FiveThirtyEight Man...
FiveThirtyEight Not in Houston. There’s only one that been open in my area since the beginning of testing. Lots in other parts of town. At least that 3 or 4 that move every few days to cover everyone in other areas of town
Waited five hours in line for a test in my predominantly black neighborhood.
fotornelas FiveThirtyEight This has been an ongoing problem in Chicagoland since testing began too. Lots of nuances that had to be addressed. We have strong leadership here, but it STILL took a long time to get testing to people who needed it the most.
FiveThirtyEight white neighborhoods? i didn't know america practiced Apartheid
FiveThirtyEight Had to drive 12 miles to get tested. I’m white. When I arrived there were people of all colors that drove there like I did. More race-baiting/division fodder.
FiveThirtyEight Because Dems do not care about minority lives!
FiveThirtyEight This is a bullshit race baiting headline. ABC is a disgrace.
FiveThirtyEight What is it with ABC? Everyday it’s something above race and we’ll see it 10 times. A novel idea would be to drive to a test site. Next article...more whites have more access to cars than blacks.
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FiveThirtyEight Do they not have cross town buses 😉☯️☮️
FiveThirtyEight Easy fix: use the, on every corner, abortion clinics for testing.....
FiveThirtyEight Why is ABC instigating this? That should be the real question. That's the thing with these outlets. Opportunists using baits.
FiveThirtyEight RT : White neighborhoods have more access to COVID-19 testing sites—even as the disease is hitting Black and Hispanic communities hardest. More, via FiveThirtyEight: What a pathetic situation to be in? BlackLivesMatter
FiveThirtyEight Ridiclous. The Left's/MSM incessant divisionary tactics will backfire on them in November.
FiveThirtyEight Our politicians can't listen to this because there too white....😂😂😂 Vote2020
FiveThirtyEight Joke it is.
FiveThirtyEight All of California has free testing for everyone and you get results in 1 day. I’m hispanic and its not the lack of available testing, its that Hispanics insist on not getting tested. I had to get sick before my GFs family finally got tested.
FiveThirtyEight If it's on the news, it must be true! 🤣🤣🤣
FiveThirtyEight abc are the real racists
FiveThirtyEight They are literally free for everyone in Long Beach and you get results in 1 day.
FiveThirtyEight Such lies! CVS as one example offers testing. So are you saying CVS are only located in White neighborhoods? What a joke! Fake news at its best!
FiveThirtyEight U people so funny.
FiveThirtyEight Of course they do. White neighborhoods always had better access to healthcare at least those White neighborhoods close to cities. There are poor White neighborhoods who go through the same as minority neighborhoods when it comes to healthcare.
FiveThirtyEight Fake News Media seems awfully obsessed with race lately....Who are the racists again?
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FiveThirtyEight Fake news. I haven't seen one testing site in my neighborhood but I have seen three in north philly and olney.
FiveThirtyEight Damn, doctors are racist af
FiveThirtyEight Click click click click click
FiveThirtyEight Thats on purpose for 2 reasons. Racism and party affiliation.
FiveThirtyEight As expected, a bunch of uneducated, racist white people in the comments.
FiveThirtyEight Omg....here we go again....divide, divide, divide.
FiveThirtyEight Sooooo maybe more whites have covid?
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FiveThirtyEight Why? Open up the fukn health department and let them get tested! Whats the fukn problem?
FiveThirtyEight Because white neighborhoods are well developed and have better infrastructure. They work hard to earn money and invest in developing their society. Don't make issue of everything. Tell me how many black CEOs you know ?
FiveThirtyEight Didn’t know the US was segregated.
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