Mask Compliance and COVID Rates- A Racial Breakdown
Our group examined just how much of an impact wearing a mask has on COVID-19 infection rates. We then broke this down by racial category and took a closer look at how the mask compliance rates connect to COVID infection rates, hospitalizations, and deaths by race. The findings may surprise you!
Group members: Evelyn Velez, Gabrielle Gemuriman, Samiha Hossain, Ahmed Aziz
We examined the predominant racial demographic(s) in different New York City neighborhoods and the mask compliance rates within those neighborhoods. We then took a closer look at the data behind COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, and death rates as broken down by racial demographic and found some interesting correlations between our data sets. Hopefully, you’ll be able to see just how great an impact wearing a mask has against COVID-19 and be able to form your own opinions as to the differences in data between mask compliance rates and neighborhoods of differing racial demographics.
Hey guys!
Your topic is so intriguing! I never would’ve thought to examine a disparity in mask compliance between different racial groups, but after reading your poster, the different socioeconomic hardships, or lack of, can definitely be a major contributor in mask compliance. Another thought might be to examine the psychological reasons why some people of higher class may or may not wear masks as often as those of lower class. I think it’d be interesting if there was a correlation between social class and mask compliance, alongside the disparities you guys found with mask compliance between racial/ethnic groups.
Hey guys, this topic is actually very important right now. Understanding how Covid-19 affects existing disparities is critical to treating those who would be hardest hit by it. One of the biggest separating factors in our country right is race. And there are a lot of economic and health differences that come with being apart of certain racial groups. One of these as you pointed out is the ability to obtain PPE. Many people in the black and hispanic communities that you researched were mainly in poor areas and probably couldn’t afford to go out and buy PPE in bulk, didn’t have access to adequate internet and/or devices to orderPPE online when it ran out in stores, or are even afraid to go to stores for fear of getting Covid or bringing it back to an at risk family member. I truly think the research that you guys have done only helps to make improvements in how we think about helping New York City during trying times like these. Great job with your project!
The topic regarding the correlation between the mask usage of particular groups and health of the people is important during this time. I found the correlation that you noted between the mask usage and deaths related to COVID proof of the effectiveness of masks during this pandemic. Looking through your poster I think it would be interesting to research in the future the groups of people who are being tested regularly for COVID-19, and the impacts of those who are not getting tested. My group looked at the correlation between the percent of cases in a neighborhood to the economic standing of the particular zip code. We found that neighborhoods that were more affluent, such as West Village had a small percentage of positive cases. It was interesting to see how that translated to the mask usage in that area.