Vaccine Politics may be to Blame for GOP Excess Deaths
Vaccine politics may be to blame for GOP excess deaths, study finds
The Yale study adds to a growing body of research indicating that Republican messaging on vaccines and other public health measures such as mask-wearing, limiting crowds and social distancing may have led to preventable deaths.
Last year, a study from researchers at the University of Maryland and University of California at Irvine published in Health Affairs concluded that Republican-majority counties experienced nearly 73 additional deaths per 100,000 people relative to majority Democratic counties through October 2021. The study suggested that vaccine uptake accounted for only 10 percent of the Republican-Democrat gap in deaths.
The release of the Yale study comes as the vaccine rollout and policies under President Biden have faced criticism by some Republicans, including members of the Republican-led House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.
In Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) pushed the rollout of vaccines early in the pandemic. But as he prepared to mount a bid for the Republican presidential nomination, DeSantis displayed increased hostility toward vaccines, petitioning for a state grand jury to investigate supposed wrongdoing related to vaccines. Florida’s health department even issued a “health alert” on mRNA vaccine safety, which drew sharp rebukes .
Public health officials fear mixed messaging on coronavirus vaccines by Republicans is shaping attitudes toward the vaccine in dangerous ways.
In a nationwide survey published in March by the University of South Florida, only 49 percent of Republicans said they were “very” or “somewhat confident” that coronavirus vaccines are safe, contrasted with 88 percent of Democrats. Stephen R. Neely, a professor at USF’s School of Public Affairs who conducted the survey, said the Yale study was important because it highlighted how sharply partisanship over coronavirus vaccine safety and efficacy has led to unnecessary deaths.
“It’s one of the most telling metrics I’ve seen in how the politicization of the pandemic has played out in the real world,” Neely said.
Aug 1, 2023 (al Jizzerror Fake News) - The high rate of stupid anti-vaxxers within the ReTrumplican party has resulted in a higher rate of COVID deaths. People who die because of their own stupidity are eligible for "Darwin Awards." These dead ReTrumplicans will not be eligible to vote in the 2024 election. Their stupidity should help insure that Joe Biden (who urged all Americans to get vaccinated) will be re-elected.
Donald Trump also contributed to the higher rate of Republican COVID deaths. Trump held rallies during the pandemic. Most of the MAGAs in attendance did not wear masks and they were not "social distancing". The Trump "super spreader" rallies, and even gatherings at the Trump White House, helped spread COVID. Trump and many members of his staff contracted COVID.
We don't need no stinking rules.
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Maybe COVID did have a "silver lining."
Did you catch COVID?
It's population control of the stupid.
that's a program that needs to be expanded then...
So Karma really does exist?
Gee, I'm all torn up about it
Yeah, me too.
All of those dead ReTrumplicans is so sad.
Butt, maybe a little grave dancing will cheer you up....
Good thing he lives in FLA...he''s a flip flop
Where can I get those?
Here is the link they have some great stuff.
This is another good one
I would vaca in Florida just to wear those.
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The only intelligent complaint should not be that the ignoramuses refuse to wear masks and adhere to the safety guidelines, but that they spread the virus to others, including their own family and loved ones who might not have been as ignorant as they were. Otherwise, go to it asshole antivaxxers, because you're reducing the votes for the Republicans and as Scrooge might have said, reducing the excess population.
Covid-19 is surging (again) in indoor settings in California! Masks are a blessing.
I wear a N-95 mask whenever I leave my home because I am still experiencing some minor long covid symptoms having survived an Omicron variant, because I don't know if it could still be infectious - I would not be able to forgive myself if I ever caused anyone to catch it from me.
(A few) People are being hospitalized again with it here. I know of at least two individuals and have been told of several others while waiting in line the other day! They are hospitalized but probably won't die (I hope not).