More PROOF that Trump Republicans more likely to DIE from Covid-19 virus
Lower vaccination rates were critical to the death-rate difference, say researchers.
news.yahoo.com
National Public Radio examined deaths from
COVID-19 per 100,000 people in roughly 3,000 counties across the country from May 2021, a time when most Americans could obtain vaccines. Those living in counties that voted 60% or higher for Trump in 2020 had 2.26 times the death rate of counties that voted in comparable percentages for Biden, NPR reported. Counties with a higher share of Trump votes had even higher mortality rates.
While COVID-19 death rates in regions are affected by several factors, including things like wealth and access to health care, death rates closely followed rates of vaccinations, which Republican lawmakers, activists and media personalities often railed against. Not only did they urge people not to get the vaccine, but often spread frightening disinformation about the vaccines.
According to an analysis released by Brown University this month,
nearly 320,000 lives nationwide
could have been saved if more people had chosen to get vaccinated.
And
political affiliation continues to be the largest predictor of vaccination status, according to the
non-partisan think tank the
Kaiser Family Foundation. In the NPR study, 81% of adults were vaccinated in the counties that went strongly for Biden, compared to 60% of adults in counties that went for Trump.
Democratic areas initially suffered some of the highest death rates from the pandemic because COVID-19 first hit hardest in major metropolitan areas. But Republican areas surpassed those death rates once vaccines became available and residents there opted not to get them.
POSTER'S NOTE: Although the Trump administration did initiate the development of the covid vaccines, the Trump Administration failed to develop a distribution system to get the ******* to the PEOPLE in time. In fact, the only reason Trump did push the development of the vaccine was because of the pressure he was getting suggesting that the virus was like the flu and would "blow over". Also, as the Trump Administration left office in February, 2021 they destroyed ALL the notes they had accumulated on the Covid virus so the Biden Administration would have to start from scratch in their research, putting their efforts months into the development/distribution.
Harvard University epidemiologist William Hange fears that
politicians could continue to use vaccinations as a “wedge” issue for political gain, and could next target all vaccinations and seriously undermine American health.
“It’s part of the
long-term damage that happens when you have politicians relentlessly trying to denigrate it and turn it into a political football,” he told NPR.
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As Americans commemorate a million deaths due to COVID-19, the partisan divide of who has gotten sick and died continues to grow, mostly due to disinformation about the vaccines.
www.wshu.org
Guess those folks are taking Trump's advice: Take dexamethasone, hydroxychloroquine, use UV lights, swallow disinfectants, don't wear masks
