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Covid death rates are higher among Republicans than Democrats, mounting evidence shows
NBC News / Comcast ^ | October 6, 2022 | By Aria Bendix (D-NBC)

Posted on 10/09/2022 6:21:05 PM PDT by 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Connecticut; US: Florida; US: Ohio
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1 posted on 10/09/2022 6:21:05 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
One reason may be because Republicans are on balance older than Democrats.
2 posted on 10/09/2022 6:23:30 PM PDT by amnestynone (We are asked by people who do not tolerate us to tolerate the intolerable in the name of tolerance.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

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


3 posted on 10/09/2022 6:23:55 PM PDT by The Truth Will Make You Free
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

🦬💩 🤨


4 posted on 10/09/2022 6:24:10 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Republicans are older. Duh.

Also blacks didn’t get the clot shot.


5 posted on 10/09/2022 6:24:48 PM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

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?


6 posted on 10/09/2022 6:26:22 PM PDT by caseinpoint (Don't get thickly involved in thin things.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
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

7 posted on 10/09/2022 6:26:26 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Why did they focus on Ohio and Florida?
Lets see the comparison study of Covid deaths in New York. Or Illinois. Or Massachusetts.
8 posted on 10/09/2022 6:26:35 PM PDT by CaptainK ("If life's really hard, at least its short")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Which counties?


9 posted on 10/09/2022 6:26:46 PM PDT by goodnesswins (The Chinese are teaching calculus to their 3rd graders while ours are trying to pick a pronoun.)
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“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.


10 posted on 10/09/2022 6:26:47 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
On the other hand, Democrats are more likely to die of AIDS, Monkeypox, drug overdoses, suicide, cardiac arrest, gunfire, and capital punishment.

11 posted on 10/09/2022 6:28:22 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: The Truth Will Make You Free

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.


12 posted on 10/09/2022 6:29:27 PM PDT by wgmalabama (Censored!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

CCP’s fault....


13 posted on 10/09/2022 6:29:47 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

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


14 posted on 10/09/2022 6:30:19 PM PDT by skr (Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: CaptainK

Specifically, covid death rates in NY nursing homes.


15 posted on 10/09/2022 6:31:13 PM PDT by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

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

Nothing about them?


16 posted on 10/09/2022 6:31:24 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

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


17 posted on 10/09/2022 6:32:20 PM PDT by Destroyer Sailor (Revenge is a dish best served cold.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

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


18 posted on 10/09/2022 6:34:08 PM PDT by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Fake news.


19 posted on 10/09/2022 6:35:09 PM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

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


20 posted on 10/09/2022 6:35:32 PM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Hold on, y'all, 2022 is going to be a ride you won't soon forget!)
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