COVID deaths were higher in states run by Republicans

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those complaining about the Post, here’s similar data and conclusions from Pew.


“Despite the staggering death toll in densely populated urban areas during the first months of the pandemic (an average 36 monthly deaths per 100,000 residents), the overall death rate over the course of the pandemic is slightly higher in the least populated parts of the country (an average monthly 15 deaths per 100,000 among the 10% living in the least densely populated counties vs. 13 per 100,000 among the 10% in the most densely populated counties).

As the relationship between population density and coronavirus death rates has changed over the course of the pandemic, so too has the relationship between counties’ voting patterns and their death rates from COVID-19.



In the spring of 2020, the areas recording the greatest numbers of deaths were much more likely to vote Democratic than Republican. But by the third wave of the pandemic, which began in fall 2020, the pattern had reversed: Counties that voted for Donald Trump over Joe Biden were suffering substantially more deaths from the coronavirus pandemic than those that voted for Biden over Trump. This reversal is likely a result of several factors including differences in mitigation efforts and vaccine uptake, demographic differences, and other differences that are correlated with partisanship at the county level.

https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2022/03/03/the-changing-political-geography-of-covid-19-over-the-last-two-years/

This is compelling data that shows the backwards response of the GOP and their supporters to the pandemic cost lives.

Avoidable and very very sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The blue started to figure out how to fight the war and red did not. If only we could have tough together, many more souls would still be here.

The red didn't even want to fight.

Because it initially killed blue folks so good riddance and their leader just shrugged his shoulders.

Don’t let the treason weasel off the hook with “shrugged his shoulders;” he was actively trying to kill Democrats with covid. And his idiot voters are still trying to kill themselves; numbers are (thankfully finally) way down (and hopefully they stay that way!!) but Herman Cain Awards are still being given out. The great stupid movement of covid denialism is still killing Republicans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The blue started to figure out how to fight the war and red did not. If only we could have tough together, many more souls would still be here.

The red didn't even want to fight.

Because it initially killed blue folks so good riddance and their leader just shrugged his shoulders.

Don’t let the treason weasel off the hook with “shrugged his shoulders;” he was actively trying to kill Democrats with covid. And his idiot voters are still trying to kill themselves; numbers are (thankfully finally) way down (and hopefully they stay that way!!) but Herman Cain Awards are still being given out. The great stupid movement of covid denialism is still killing Republicans.

What do you care? You should be celebrating, shouldn’t you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The blue started to figure out how to fight the war and red did not. If only we could have tough together, many more souls would still be here.

The red didn't even want to fight.

Because it initially killed blue folks so good riddance and their leader just shrugged his shoulders.

Don’t let the treason weasel off the hook with “shrugged his shoulders;” he was actively trying to kill Democrats with covid. And his idiot voters are still trying to kill themselves; numbers are (thankfully finally) way down (and hopefully they stay that way!!) but Herman Cain Awards are still being given out. The great stupid movement of covid denialism is still killing Republicans.

What do you care? You should be celebrating, shouldn’t you?

Of course not. All these years and you still don't see that this is the difference between us and you.

[Anonymous]

There also were a lot of deaths in Republican states with the cause of death reported as pneumonia with no underlying cause because they didn’t want to admit it was Covid. There was a huge increase in deaths caused by “senility” in 5 counties in the Tampa Bay Area and nowhere else in America. And remember the coroner in Missouri who said he would not certify Covid as the cause of any deaths in the county?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The blue started to figure out how to fight the war and red did not. If only we could have tough together, many more souls would still be here.

The red didn't even want to fight.

Because it initially killed blue folks so good riddance and their leader just shrugged his shoulders.

Don’t let the treason weasel off the hook with “shrugged his shoulders;” he was actively trying to kill Democrats with covid. And his idiot voters are still trying to kill themselves; numbers are (thankfully finally) way down (and hopefully they stay that way!!) but Herman Cain Awards are still being given out. The great stupid movement of covid denialism is still killing Republicans.

What do you care? You should be celebrating, shouldn’t you?

No one is celebrating all that death. But we at least did something about it and voted that incompetent out of office.

[Anonymous]

Death is only part of the story. In time we’ll have a better idea of how many people were irreparably harmed by this thing when the disability claims start funneling in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The blue started to figure out how to fight the war and red did not. If only we could have tough together, many more souls would still be here.

The red didn't even want to fight.

Because it initially killed blue folks so good riddance and their leader just shrugged his shoulders.

Don’t let the treason weasel off the hook with “shrugged his shoulders;” he was actively trying to kill Democrats with covid. And his idiot voters are still trying to kill themselves; numbers are (thankfully finally) way down (and hopefully they stay that way!!) but Herman Cain Awards are still being given out. The great stupid movement of covid denialism is still killing Republicans.

What do you care? You should be celebrating, shouldn’t you?

You understand that your post is projection, right? I, like every other Democrat on this board, have been advocating for masking, vaxxing and staying at home as appropriate. Do you know how many of those deaths left orphans? What a ducking waste and you think I’d celebrate it? No, I don’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The blue started to figure out how to fight the war and red did not. If only we could have tough together, many more souls would still be here.

The red didn't even want to fight.

Because it initially killed blue folks so good riddance and their leader just shrugged his shoulders.

Don’t let the treason weasel off the hook with “shrugged his shoulders;” he was actively trying to kill Democrats with covid. And his idiot voters are still trying to kill themselves; numbers are (thankfully finally) way down (and hopefully they stay that way!!) but Herman Cain Awards are still being given out. The great stupid movement of covid denialism is still killing Republicans.

What do you care? You should be celebrating, shouldn’t you?

You understand that your post is projection, right? I, like every other Democrat on this board, have been advocating for masking, vaxxing and staying at home as appropriate. Do you know how many of those deaths left orphans? What a ducking waste and you think I’d celebrate it? No, I don’t.

So many could have been prevented. You would think would disqualify trump from ever being nominated again but we will see.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There also were a lot of deaths in Republican states with the cause of death reported as pneumonia with no underlying cause because they didn’t want to admit it was Covid. There was a huge increase in deaths caused by “senility” in 5 counties in the Tampa Bay Area and nowhere else in America. And remember the coroner in Missouri who said he would not certify Covid as the cause of any deaths in the county?

+1 Excess deaths don’t lie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There also were a lot of deaths in Republican states with the cause of death reported as pneumonia with no underlying cause because they didn’t want to admit it was Covid. There was a huge increase in deaths caused by “senility” in 5 counties in the Tampa Bay Area and nowhere else in America. And remember the coroner in Missouri who said he would not certify Covid as the cause of any deaths in the county?

+1 Excess deaths don’t lie.

Shameful.

[Anonymous]

Who cares?

Really, who does?

It's people screaming past each other.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Doesn't Florida have the highest number of old people in the US? Sorting by age could be an interesting data point.

Age adjusted per capita Covid deaths here. Spoiler: the top ten worst are Republican.
https://www.bioinformaticscro.com/blog/states-ranked-by-age-adjusted-covid-deaths/

I was referring to the question of Florida specifically, not R states in general. Looks like Florida drops way down the list when age adjusted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who cares?

Really, who does?

It's people screaming past each other.

Well gee. We are approaching a million families that have lost someone to covid. Maybe they care for starters.

[Anonymous]

Democratic states had issues of population density. The country's biggest cities and most densely populated areas are blue. Population density makes it hard to contain pandemics.

Red states on the other hand had no excuses, just bad governance.