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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPro-Trump counties continue to suffer far higher COVID death tolls
Pro-TFG counties are full of idiots who do not mind dying to get the libs
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https://www.npr.org/2022/05/19/1098543849/pro-trump-counties-continue-to-suffer-far-higher-covid-death-tolls
Even with widely available vaccines and newly effective treatments, residents of counties that went heavily for Donald Trump in the last presidential election are more than twice as likely to die from COVID-19 than those that live in areas that went for President Biden. That's according to a newly-updated analysis from NPR, examining how partisanship and misinformation are shaping the pandemic.
NPR examined COVID deaths per 100,000 people in roughly 3,000 counties across the U.S. from May 2021, the point at which most Americans could find a vaccine if they wanted one. Those living in counties that voted 60% or higher for Trump in November 2020 had 2.26 times the death rate of those that went by the same margin for Biden. Counties with a higher share of Trump votes had even higher mortality rates.
The scale of the preventable loss of life is staggering. According to a recent analysis by Brown University, nearly 320,000 lives nationwide could have been saved if more people had chosen to get vaccinated. The Brown analysis also shows a partisan split in how those preventable deaths are distributed. States that went most heavily for Trump including Wyoming and West Virginia have among the highest rates of preventable deaths, while states that voted heavily for Biden such as Massachusetts and Vermont had among the lowest.
"How you vote should not predict whether you die of COVID," says Jennifer Nuzzo, an epidemiologist at Brown University School of Public Health. The social causes of the divide are complex, but the immediate reason is dead simple: Trump-leaning counties have far lower vaccination rates than those that went for President Biden. NPR's analysis showed that the gap was 21 points, with 81% of adults vaccinated in heavily-Biden counties compared to 60% of adults in counties that went for Trump.
NPR examined COVID deaths per 100,000 people in roughly 3,000 counties across the U.S. from May 2021, the point at which most Americans could find a vaccine if they wanted one. Those living in counties that voted 60% or higher for Trump in November 2020 had 2.26 times the death rate of those that went by the same margin for Biden. Counties with a higher share of Trump votes had even higher mortality rates.
The scale of the preventable loss of life is staggering. According to a recent analysis by Brown University, nearly 320,000 lives nationwide could have been saved if more people had chosen to get vaccinated. The Brown analysis also shows a partisan split in how those preventable deaths are distributed. States that went most heavily for Trump including Wyoming and West Virginia have among the highest rates of preventable deaths, while states that voted heavily for Biden such as Massachusetts and Vermont had among the lowest.
"How you vote should not predict whether you die of COVID," says Jennifer Nuzzo, an epidemiologist at Brown University School of Public Health. The social causes of the divide are complex, but the immediate reason is dead simple: Trump-leaning counties have far lower vaccination rates than those that went for President Biden. NPR's analysis showed that the gap was 21 points, with 81% of adults vaccinated in heavily-Biden counties compared to 60% of adults in counties that went for Trump.
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Pro-Trump counties continue to suffer far higher COVID death tolls (Original Post)
LetMyPeopleVote
May 2022
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Well, I guess I would hope the Democrats in those counties are fully vaccinated....
TheRealNorth
May 2022
#4
Wouldn't it be something if the election came down to just a few thousand in a swing state
Quixote1818
May 2022
#5
Aristus
(66,328 posts)1. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
jimfields33
(15,787 posts)2. If only trumpers lived in those counties,
However, many have a significant number of outstanding democratic voters as well. Such a crappy title as if it doesnt matter if democratic supporters get Covid. Ugh!
TheRealNorth
(9,478 posts)4. Well, I guess I would hope the Democrats in those counties are fully vaccinated....
Not a 100% full-proof method of avoiding the Grim Reaper, but it's pretty close, even with Omicron.
thomski64
(454 posts)3. Good
Quixote1818
(28,930 posts)5. Wouldn't it be something if the election came down to just a few thousand in a swing state
and the extra Covid deaths end up being the difference?