Covid death rates are higher among Republicans than Democrats, mounting evidence shows

NBC News / Comcast ^ | October 6, 2022 | By Aria Bendix (D-NBC)

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Lower vaccination rates among Republicans could explain the partisan gap, but some researchers say mask use and social distancing were bigger factors.

Covid deaths are unevenly distributed among Republicans and Democrats.

Average excess death rates in Florida and Ohio were 76% higher among Republicans than Democrats between March 2020 and December 2021, according to a working paper released last month by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Excess deaths refers to deaths above what would be anticipated based on historical trends.

A study in June published in Health Affairs similarly found that counties with a Republican majority had a greater share of Covid deaths through October 2021, relative to majority-Democratic counties.

But experts are still puzzling over why these differences exist. Are lower vaccination rates among Republicans responsible? Or did mask use and social distancing guidelines prevent more deaths in counties run by Democrats?

The Yale researchers behind the new working paper say vaccine hesitancy among Republicans may be the biggest culprit.

"In counties where a large share of the population is getting vaccinated, we see a much smaller gap between Republicans and Democrats," said Jacob Wallace, an author of that study and an assistant professor of health policy at the Yale School of Public Health.

[amnestynone]

One reason may be because Republicans are on balance older than Democrats.

[The Truth Will Make You Free]

Could it be that Republicans live longer than Dems and that COVID/vaxx attacks elderly?

[Eagles6]

🦬💩 🤨

[TheThirdRuffian]

Republicans are older. Duh.

Also blacks didn’t get the clot shot.

[caseinpoint]

Couldn’t read the entire article because of the paywall but it is interesting the time period noted was March 2020 to December 2021. How can you ascribe the reason to vaccine hesitancy when it includes a lot of time when the vaccine wasn’t even available?

[Political Junkie Too]

some researchers say mask use and social distancing were bigger factors.

I thought the CDC admitted that mask use and social distancing didn't really work. How could they be factors in this study?

-PJ

[CaptainK]

Why did they focus on Ohio and Florida?
Lets see the comparison study of Covid deaths in New York. Or Illinois. Or Massachusetts.

[goodnesswins]

Which counties?

[God luvs America]

“Average excess death rates in Florida and Ohio were 76% higher among Republicans than Democrats between March 2020 and December 2021”

1- why did they stop counting 10 months ago? Numbers don’t work in their favor.

2- did these people die of the Kung Flu?? Or did they have the Kung Flu when they died.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

On the other hand, Democrats are more likely to die of AIDS, Monkeypox, drug overdoses, suicide, cardiac arrest, gunfire, and capital punishment.

[wgmalabama]

Agreed but I suspect there may also be nefarious reasons also. Vax batches appear to cause more issues.

Age normalizing the data should be easy since it wasn’t, I expect it’s simply age based. Young idiots are DemonCraps older people are more conservative because mostly with age comes wisdom.

[Paladin2]

CCP’s fault....

[skr]

The way a county votes isn’t the same as counting the victims by party affiliation.

[Eccl 10:2]

Specifically, covid death rates in NY nursing homes.

[SaxxonWoods]

The largest political group in America is comprised of independents, also designated as unaffiliated in some states.

Nothing about them?

[Destroyer Sailor]

When a death certificate is completed do they ask what political party the person is a member of? This whole story is bogus.

[vpintheak]

I guess it’s because sane people tend to be older. Emotional idiots tend to be younger.

[one guy in new jersey]

Fake news.

[backwoods-engineer]

This “study” is likely manipulated data, and entirely bull, ginned up to prop up rates of acceptance of the gene therapies (so-called “vaccines”).