Does the Tuskegee experiment explain black vaccination rates?
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Re: Does the Tuskegee experiment explain black vaccination rates?
#2> I would guess that awareness of the Tuskegee Experiment and black history more generally is greater among those with higher education than those with lower education. If this guess is right, then knowledge of historical racist medical abuses is actually strongly correlated with getting the vaccine.
This correlation appears meaningless in light of the previous paragraph.
> As with the population in general and every other racial group, black vaccination rates climb in lockstep with educational attainment.
Unless the education/vaccination curve has a different shape, then it would seem that the correlation is unrelated to awareness of the Tuskegee Experiment. The conclusion seems to acknowledge that the two are not causally linked. But then why include the correlation from the first quote above?
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#3The article would be more useful if, along with the table of black vaccination rates vs educational level, it had the tables for other racial groups.
Re: Does the Tuskegee experiment explain black vaccination rates?
#4The article would be more useful if, along with the table of black vaccination rates vs educational level, it had the tables for other racial groups.
On the other hand, it's a single guy challenging the conventional wisdom we hear pervasively from the prestige media with some very simple, obvious reasoning and basic data. He deserves some credit for that.
Re: Does the Tuskegee experiment explain black vaccination rates?
#5> I would guess that awareness of the Tuskegee Experiment and black history more generally is greater among those with higher education than those with lower education. If this guess is right, then knowledge of historical racist medical abuses is actually strongly correlated with getting the vaccine. This correlation appears meaningless in light of the previous paragraph. > As with the population in general and every…
To show that awareness of Tuskegee is, if anything, negatively correlated with vaccination rate, and therefore unlikely to be the driver of lower vaccination rates among Blacks.
Edit: Correction: As crackercrews pointed out, I wrote "negatively correlated", when I should have written "positively correlated".
Re: Does the Tuskegee experiment explain black vaccination rates?
#6The article would be more useful if, along with the table of black vaccination rates vs educational level, it had the tables for other racial groups.
Agreed. Although the article does state that it is the same for other racial groups.
It would also be helpful if he didn't limit it to people aged 30-50. What do the rates look like outside of this band?
Re: Does the Tuskegee experiment explain black vaccination rates?
#7> I would guess that awareness of the Tuskegee Experiment and black history more generally is greater among those with higher education than those with lower education. If this guess is right, then knowledge of historical racist medical abuses is actually strongly correlated with getting the vaccine. This correlation appears meaningless in light of the previous paragraph. > As with the population in general and every…
To show that awareness of Tuskegee is, if anything, negatively correlated with vaccination rate, and therefore unlikely to be the driver of lower vaccination rates among Blacks. Edit: Correction: As crackercrews pointed out, I wrote "negatively correlated", when I should have written "positively correlated".
Doesn't it show a positive correlation?
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#8No, racist fucking governors like Cuomo and Newsom do.
Re: Does the Tuskegee experiment explain black vaccination rates?
#9> This theory checks off certain boxes that make it resonate well within current discourse frameworks, but it doesn’t really make a lot of sense. If the coronavirus vaccines were only being given to black people, then you could see how someone might reason that it is a trick. But they are being given to everyone, including over 100 million white people. Are we meant to think that black people who aren’t getting the vaccine believe that the government is poisoning 100 million white people because the government has a racist history of poisoning black people? The racial analysis here would tell you that there is no way the white supremacist government would do such a thing and so the vaccine must be safe!
Yes, this theory was always ridiculous. Like many other things we hear from the prestige media, it barely merits an eye-roll, let alone a full refutation. Nevertheless, I appreciate Bruenig taking the time.
Sadly, our cultural-professional-managerial elites live in a weird echo chamber where such things must be said. I wonder if they themselves even believe what is coming out of their mouths.
Re: Does the Tuskegee experiment explain black vaccination rates?
#10The article would be more useful if, along with the table of black vaccination rates vs educational level, it had the tables for other racial groups.
On the other hand, it's a single guy challenging the conventional wisdom we hear pervasively from the prestige media with some very simple, obvious reasoning and basic data. He deserves some credit for that.
I have not seen this reported anywhere in the media, could you share some links?