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| More Republicans Died Than Democrats after COVID-19 Vaccines Came Out |
| 2022-12-01 |
| [NextGov] A new study looks at excess deaths by partisan affiliation in two states during the pandemic. Since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, public health officials have warned that some of us are at higher risk of severe outcomes from the virus, due to factors such as age or preexisting medical conditions. The new research points to another factor that puts people at greater risk of dying from COVID-19: party affiliation. The study finds that excess deaths during the pandemic were 76% higher among Republicans than Democrats in two states, Ohio and Florida. What’s more, the partisan gap in death rates increased significantly after vaccines were introduced. The research was conducted by Yale University School of Management’s Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham and Jacob Wallace and Jason L. Schwartz of the Yale School of Public Health. To Goldsmith-Pinkham, the sharp divergence in excess death rates that emerged in the post-vaccine period "is pretty striking... and the magnitudes are quite large." While the research doesn’t definitively prove that low vaccine uptake among Republicans explains the mortality gap, "it points to this as a potential mechanism." |
| Posted by:The Walking Unvaxed |
| #7 Technically, they are all Dem voters now, |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2022-12-01 14:16 |
| #6 Its a hit/moral piece, nothing more. Only dead democrats seem to respond to mail surveys. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-12-01 12:44 |
| #5 BS article, how does one tell which are republicans and which are democrats? |
| Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2022-12-01 11:18 |
| #4 Remember when Ivy League didn't mean 20 people falling out of a VW bug? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-12-01 11:09 |
| #3 Did they keep proper stats? greater risk of dying from COVID-19: party affiliation. Wow Yale. Way to sign your name on that dog turd of stat gathering. What's next, putting on a pair of Dr. Comfort shoes triples your mortality rate? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-12-01 11:04 |
| #2 Comparing deaths in Red states (Ohio and Flordia) is likely to come out with more GOP deaths. Try New York and check the results. |
| Posted by: ruprecht 2022-12-01 09:43 |
| #1 While the research doesn’t definitively prove that low vaccine uptake among Republicans explains the mortality gap That's how the media and the devil-dems will portray it. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2022-12-01 08:45 |