Covid-19 hit them even harder than it hit New Yorkers

Reporting on the heartbreak in Navajo Nation. 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[Author Headshot](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgtTJDP0TJaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vY29sdW1uL25pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2Y_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMDA1MzAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTg5NTcmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9Mjk2NzImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgAgQ63SXg5_4tVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) By [Nicholas Kristof](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgtTJDP0TJaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vY29sdW1uL25pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2Y_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMDA1MzAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTg5NTcmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9Mjk2NzImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgAgQ63SXg5_4tVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) Opinion Columnist If Native American tribes were counted as states, then the five states with the highest coronavirus infection rates would all be tribes, and New York would rank No. 6. I traveled through Navajo Nation, the largest reservation in the country, entering in Arizona and exiting in New Mexico, to report on the virus’s devastation, and [here’s what I found](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgtTJDP0TtaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNS8zMC9vcGluaW9uL3N1bmRheS9jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy1uYXRpdmUtYW1lcmljYW5zLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMDA1MzAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTg5NTcmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9Mjk2NzImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgAgQ63SXg5_4tVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~). The Navajo are leery that coverage of the crisis will reinforce a narrative of them as helpless and hopeless, but I am here to report that the community has handled the outbreak reasonably well. The underlying problem is longstanding neglect and discrimination that have resulted in unconscionable poverty. The United States allocates less than half as much for health care per Native American (through the Indian Health Service) as it does per prisoner (through the Bureau of Prisons). And government schools on reservations have only a 53 percent high school graduation rate. Let’s pay attention to native communities that have the highest infection rates in the entire United States. [Please do read my column](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgtTJDP0TtaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNS8zMC9vcGluaW9uL3N1bmRheS9jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy1uYXRpdmUtYW1lcmljYW5zLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMDA1MzAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTg5NTcmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9Mjk2NzImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgAgQ63SXg5_4tVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~), and I hope you’ll pass it on. 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With Rafael Irizarry, a Harvard statistician, I calculated excess deaths [several weeks ago](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgtTJDP0TfaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNS8xMy9vcGluaW9uL2Nvcm9uYXZpcnVzLXVzLWRlYXRocy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1JmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjAwNTMwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE4OTU3Jm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTI5NjcyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAIEOt0l4Of-LVUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) from C.D.C. mortality data, and we estimated that the toll was about 25,000 greater than listed on the Covid-19 trackers. 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The W.H.O. announcement is deeply sad and also just plain idiotic. Yes, W.H.O. made some mistakes, but it’s ridiculous to think that these somehow caused Trump to bungle his response to Covid-19. W.H.O. had senior Americans on board and was feeding information to the U.S. from the first days of the crisis, while other leaders who had no inside information — those in Vietnam, say, or in the state of Kerala in India — somehow managed to act forcefully and save lives. More broadly, W.H.O. leads the way on much more than the coronavirus. It’s also overseeing the fight to eradicate polio, to combat Ebola, to reduce maternal mortality, to discourage female genital mutilation. And really? We cut off W.H.O. in the middle of a global pandemic? This is like refusing to allow the fire department to do its work during a raging four-alarm blaze. What’s going on here, though, is that Trump senses his electoral vulnerability and is trying to make a scapegoat of W.H.O. and run against Xi Jinping. That’s why he also announced the end of the special relationship with Hong Kong. This is more justifiable, but I worry that it will most hurt the ordinary people of Hong Kong, and I’d rather start with targeted sanctions on Beijing’s pawns in Hong Kong. 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Many would take the passports but remain in Hong Kong, and the United States and Britain would gain an incredible talent pool. Flying in a Time of Plague To get to Navajo Nation, I had to fly, and several people have asked me about what traveling is like these days. It’s more complicated now because so many flights have been canceled that I had to take multiple connections, and Avis was a mess. The flights were half full, maybe a bit more, but people kept masks on except to eat or drink. Airports were empty, with most shops and lounges closed. Hotels were a mixed bag. I was struck that Phoenix was extremely relaxed: People not wearing masks and clustering together. It may be helped by hot weather, but it made me nervous about what may lie ahead for Arizona. Larry Summers on Everything When I was an undergraduate, the smartest teaching fellow around was an economist named Larry Summers. In [this conversation](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgtTJDP0T6aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlLWFtZXJpY2FuLWludGVyZXN0LmNvbS8yMDIwLzA1LzIyL2hvdy10by1maXgtZ2xvYmFsaXphdGlvbi1mb3ItZGV0cm9pdC1ub3QtZGF2b3MvP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1JmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjAwNTMwJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE4OTU3Jm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTI5NjcyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAIEOt0l4Of-LVUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~), he covers ground from Covid-19 to tax policy. Check it out. Helping Native American Communities I’ve been [posting on Instagram](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgtTJDP0S6aHR0cDovL2luc3RhZ3JhbS5jb20vbmlja2tyaXN0b2Y_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMDA1MzAmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTg5NTcmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9Mjk2NzImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgAgQ63SXg5_4tVSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) about my visit to Navajo Nation, and several people have asked how to help. Here’s a reminder that one of the organizations in my Covid-19 appeal is the Center for American Indian Health at Johns Hopkins University. 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