| Pyro as Bill said: The survey was done by the Office for National Statistics. The bit you bolded is a quote from the Rowntree Foundation charity commenting on the ONS's survey. I agree public facing roles will make a big difference but that would be expected to affect Pakistani/Bangladeshi more than Black people. |
There's more going on, it all adds up, social behavior plays a big role as seen in the Somali population in Sweden.
In Israel (some) white people are far more likely to die than other white people.
The ultra-orthodox are estimated to make up 12 percent of the population but are now turning up as 60 percent of the COVID-19 deaths
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-04-07/ultra-orthodox-jews-hit-disproportionately-hard-in-israels-coronavirus-outbreak
Even among our not all that religious population in Canada (55% total, 29% catholic, 18% protestant) Easter still had a noticeable effect on spreading covid19
Even better visible in the week over week comparison
Easter weekend caused a week over week increase in cases country wide. Behavioral patterns at work.
It's all things to consider when fine tuning social distancing and going back to work. Which occupations need more attention, which neighborhoods and communities need more social distancing measures etc. While closing parks in cities might help to encourage people to spread out more elsewhere (walk on the street instead of gathering in the parks), in smaller towns it only encourages people to get closer together in the remaining available spaces.
One size fits all strategies do not work with this pandemic. Local councils have to get involved in the planning and decision process, not just copy the province or country wide recommendations. The WHO already said way back in the beginning that all levels of government will need to work together to get through this.
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