I will freely admit my brain is not what I used to be.
Here are the latest Kern County coronavirus death percentages that I see.
58% Hispanic.
Nationally, it's under 20%.
66% over 65 years old.
Nationally, it's about 80%.
"Kern ranked number one for the value of agricultural products in 2016, across the nation, generating $7.2 billion. One in five jobs is related to the agricultural industry, from farmer to hauler, and farm workers. A significant provider of crops, Kern is home to more than 300 commodities) generating: 75% of the state’s carrots production; 47% of the state’s cherry production (9th in the nation); and 46% of the state’s potato production. Kern’s top commodities in 2016 were: grapes, almonds, citrus, pistachios, and milk.
Or, maybe I'll just go with this.
https://www.first5kern.org/about-us/about-kern/
"Compared to the population of the nation as a whole, Kern residents are (in general) younger, less educated, have lower income and are more likely to be Hispanic."
I see - it's not the Republicans, it's all them dumb mexicans.
All those dumb mexicans died in the meat packing plants in Minnesota and South Dakota because they were just too damn dumb, not because their rich white employers didn't give a crap.
Sonoma County is 26% Hispanic. 90%+ work in front line jobs - mostly agriculture. 65 deaths per 100k, Kern is 155
Sonoma County full Vaccination rate - 53%
Kern County Vaccination rate - 29%
The hispanic population in Sonoma County has a massive vaccination rate - most wineries had vaccination drives on site - basically "hey everyone, take a break, come over here and get your vaccine. If you end up feeling unwell after, take a day off". Were the Resnicks doing that? Unlikely.
Most of the Nine Cities had evening and weekend vaccination sites with heavy hispanic outreach because much of the hispanic population cannot make it to clinics during the business hours that the hispanic population is in large part at work. They did heavy outreach to make it clear there was no cost, since much of the hispanic population is non/under insured.
Additionally, Sonoma County (and the whole bay area) did huge vaccination outreach to the homeless population, my cycling club is mostly retired folks so they did a lot of the volunteer manpower for that effort. That's a really hard problem because a lot of the homeless population is so messed up that documentation is very scattered.
This isn't about the individuals in those counties per se, it comes down to leadership, which is a function of the primarily white voters who put the local leadership into place, in both counties.
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