Post by the Scribe on Jan 23, 2022 11:10:11 GMT
COVID Kills Three to Six Times More Republicans According to NPR Study
medium.com/politically-speaking/covid-kills-three-to-six-times-more-republicans-according-to-npr-study-b70b4afded3e
FOX, Trump, or both — guess who to thank?
Christopher Holdroyd
Dec 14, 2021 · 3 min read
Image care of Wikimedia Commons. Modifications by Author.
Because of political mismanagement at the beginning stages of the COVID pandemic, followed by ideological stubbornness, the USA has the highest number of deaths in the world at 15% but has only 4.3% of the world’s population. And according to NPR, Republicans are dying in higher numbers.
Canada has, for example,~0.5% of the world population and a matching ~0.5% in deaths. That’s what you’d normally expect. But the USA death rate is already 3.5X above average.
To make matters worse, studies have now shown misinformation absorbed specifically by Republicans, has resulted in an additional three times or higher death rate within their demographic.
“Counties that voted overwhelmingly for Trump tallied nearly triple the death rate of blue-state counterparts — due to COVID “misinformation,” says NPR.
www.huffpost.com/entry/red-states-high-covid-death-rates-npr-study_n_61ad43bbe4b025be1af941d3
COVID-related American death data shows dramatic differences between Republican and Democratic counties, with the reddest tenth of the nation in October chalking up a death rate six times higher than that of the bluest tenth.
www.huffpost.com/news/topic/covid-19
www.huffpost.com/entry/red-blue-states-covid-cases-deaths-wapo_n_613d675fe4b0640100a5a973
www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/12/05/1059828993/data-vaccine-misinformation-trump-counties-covid-death-rate
“The study found that the higher the vote share for Trump, the lower the vaccination rate.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/red-states-high-covid-death-rates-npr-study_n_61ad43bbe4b025be1af941d3
Republicans are now the largest single demographic group of the unvaccinated in America, NPR reported. Being unvaccinated dramatically increases the risk of death from COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
www.huffpost.com/news/topic/republican-party
www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/12/05/1059828993/data-vaccine-misinformation-trump-counties-covid-death-rate
covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#rates-by-vaccine-status
NPR gleaned the data by examining deaths per 100,000 people in 3,000 counties.
Chart by author. Other sources of data by Wikipedia
Results: For every 110 Democrats who die of COVID, 360 Republicans or more die due to misinformation, ideology, ignorance, harmful media choices, and the influence of dangerous political leadership.
I guess that’s a new American freedom. The freedom to die early… On a ventilator… While the ICU nurse standing next to you has no tears left to shed… Saying goodbye to your family through an iPad… And if uninsured, leaving them with a $50,000 hospital invoice to pay.
Of 800,000 American COVID deaths, at least 179,400 more Republicans than Democrats have died. Was it FOX, Trump, or something else?
DOING THE NPR MATH
The US COVID death rate is 800,000 persons or 0.24% of the US Population. This calculation is to adjust the current death rate, using NPR’s research, to 3:1 for Republican voters over Democratic ones. First, we adjust the national average death rate to the two parties’ voting results in 2020 as that’s the only way we can be sure of the related numbers. We then use the national average deaths for each group, then adjust them to 3:1.
Adjusting for voter percentage of population:
81,283,098 (33% of voters — 24% of the population) voted as Democrats and 74,222,958 (29% of voters — 22% of the population) voted as Republicans
159,633,396 voters in total. 178,366,604 or 54% of the population did not vote.
Dems: 24% x 780,000 deaths = 187,200 adj 1:3 = 89,700
Reps: 22% x 780,000 deaths = 171,600 adj 3:1 = 269,100
COVID death rates adjusted 3:1 for Republican voters vs Democrat voters:
USA population: 339,000,000 = 0.236% or 236 persons per 100,000 persons
Only Dems: 89,700 / 81,283,098 = 0.11% or 110 persons per 100,000 D voters
Only Reps: 269,100 / 74,222,958 = 0.36% or 360 persons per 100,000 R voters
medium.com/politically-speaking/covid-kills-three-to-six-times-more-republicans-according-to-npr-study-b70b4afded3e
FOX, Trump, or both — guess who to thank?
Christopher Holdroyd
Dec 14, 2021 · 3 min read
Image care of Wikimedia Commons. Modifications by Author.
Because of political mismanagement at the beginning stages of the COVID pandemic, followed by ideological stubbornness, the USA has the highest number of deaths in the world at 15% but has only 4.3% of the world’s population. And according to NPR, Republicans are dying in higher numbers.
Canada has, for example,~0.5% of the world population and a matching ~0.5% in deaths. That’s what you’d normally expect. But the USA death rate is already 3.5X above average.
To make matters worse, studies have now shown misinformation absorbed specifically by Republicans, has resulted in an additional three times or higher death rate within their demographic.
“Counties that voted overwhelmingly for Trump tallied nearly triple the death rate of blue-state counterparts — due to COVID “misinformation,” says NPR.
www.huffpost.com/entry/red-states-high-covid-death-rates-npr-study_n_61ad43bbe4b025be1af941d3
COVID-related American death data shows dramatic differences between Republican and Democratic counties, with the reddest tenth of the nation in October chalking up a death rate six times higher than that of the bluest tenth.
www.huffpost.com/news/topic/covid-19
www.huffpost.com/entry/red-blue-states-covid-cases-deaths-wapo_n_613d675fe4b0640100a5a973
www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/12/05/1059828993/data-vaccine-misinformation-trump-counties-covid-death-rate
“The study found that the higher the vote share for Trump, the lower the vaccination rate.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/red-states-high-covid-death-rates-npr-study_n_61ad43bbe4b025be1af941d3
Republicans are now the largest single demographic group of the unvaccinated in America, NPR reported. Being unvaccinated dramatically increases the risk of death from COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
www.huffpost.com/news/topic/republican-party
www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/12/05/1059828993/data-vaccine-misinformation-trump-counties-covid-death-rate
covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#rates-by-vaccine-status
NPR gleaned the data by examining deaths per 100,000 people in 3,000 counties.
Chart by author. Other sources of data by Wikipedia
Results: For every 110 Democrats who die of COVID, 360 Republicans or more die due to misinformation, ideology, ignorance, harmful media choices, and the influence of dangerous political leadership.
I guess that’s a new American freedom. The freedom to die early… On a ventilator… While the ICU nurse standing next to you has no tears left to shed… Saying goodbye to your family through an iPad… And if uninsured, leaving them with a $50,000 hospital invoice to pay.
Of 800,000 American COVID deaths, at least 179,400 more Republicans than Democrats have died. Was it FOX, Trump, or something else?
DOING THE NPR MATH
The US COVID death rate is 800,000 persons or 0.24% of the US Population. This calculation is to adjust the current death rate, using NPR’s research, to 3:1 for Republican voters over Democratic ones. First, we adjust the national average death rate to the two parties’ voting results in 2020 as that’s the only way we can be sure of the related numbers. We then use the national average deaths for each group, then adjust them to 3:1.
Adjusting for voter percentage of population:
81,283,098 (33% of voters — 24% of the population) voted as Democrats and 74,222,958 (29% of voters — 22% of the population) voted as Republicans
159,633,396 voters in total. 178,366,604 or 54% of the population did not vote.
Dems: 24% x 780,000 deaths = 187,200 adj 1:3 = 89,700
Reps: 22% x 780,000 deaths = 171,600 adj 3:1 = 269,100
COVID death rates adjusted 3:1 for Republican voters vs Democrat voters:
USA population: 339,000,000 = 0.236% or 236 persons per 100,000 persons
Only Dems: 89,700 / 81,283,098 = 0.11% or 110 persons per 100,000 D voters
Only Reps: 269,100 / 74,222,958 = 0.36% or 360 persons per 100,000 R voters