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Originally Posted by Guitarman1951
All good discussions here. I found the chart of vaccinated people interesting in that the majority of unvaccinated are in the black population. I don't want to turn this into a political discussion at all, but what are the odds that most are democratic voters? I just find it disgusting when the the Trump haters want to blame republicans for all of the unvaccinated problem. I am republican and have many republican friends and relatives and not one of them is unvaccinated or don't fully support and believe in the need for maximum vaccinations.
Just very glad to see more rational analysis and discussion other than the irrational, unfounded hate fest that you usually see on this topic.
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Scientific literacy it useful if you are going to cite something.. Please look again at the chart which led you to conclude that "the majority of unvaccinated are in the black population"
The chart the OP posted reports that 36% of Black folks have received at least one dose, thus 64% have not. As they represent 12% of the US population, per the same KFF report, that means that unvaccinated Blacks are 7.6% of the US population. 41% of whites have not received any shots. Whites are 61% of the US population.
Do the math. Unvaccinated whites are 25% of the US population. Now tell me again how "the majority of the unvaccinated are in the black population." The title of this thread is
Who are the Naughty antivaxxer refusenicks?
Using the KFF data and a population of 333 million in the US there are about 83 million unvaccinated whites and 25 million unvaccinated Blacks. Keep in mind that the KFF data is NOT age adjusted. They simply looked at total numbers. As it is well known that the average age of both Black and Hispanic Americans is lower than whites because of life expectancy and birth rates, it is worth adding that far fewer people of color have qualified to be vaccinated.
The median age for whites per Pew analysis of census data in 2018 was 44. The median is the age where half the people are older and half younger. The median for Blacks is 34 and Hispanics is 30. Far more whites have been eligible for vaccination for longer periods as the age criteria have liberalized.
Again, I will point out that the
best predictor of being a naughty refusenik is not ethnicity.