Remi BoucherMar 12, 2024
Eric Topol
An update on protection of Covid vaccination against death and the political partisan gap on US Death tolls (←curves are still diverging)
Mar 12, 2024 at 2:32pmWeb
Show threadMisuse CaseMar 12, 2024

@erictopol @flowerpot I think the refrain that “more Republicans are dying from COVID” may be wrong actually.

More people who are poor are dying from COVID. There are more poor people in red states/counties. Poor people, on the whole, don’t vote or at least they don’t vote as regularly.

Wealthy people who live in poorer counties though, tend to vote conservative.

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Show threadMisuse CaseMar 12, 2024

@erictopol @flowerpot So these redder areas full of poorer people have a certain partisan lean because the wealthier people in them who actually vote are voting GOP, but it’s not *those* people who are dying of COVID more. It’s the folks they oppress who don’t participate in the political system much at all.

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Show threadAustin GodberMar 12, 2024
@MisuseCase @erictopol @flowerpot poor or old. That last plot might need normalizing by something.
Show threadWokebloke for DemocracyMar 12, 2024
@erictopol
Well, look at that! COVID may have some positive political consequences.
Show threadJonah SteinMar 12, 2024
@erictopol Proof that Covid is a Chinese plot whose true victims are MAGA.
Show threadNicole ParsonsMar 12, 2024

@erictopol

Republican voters think everyone should die for the Cause.

Show threadKarl Schwartz, Artist advocateMar 12, 2024
@erictopol
But thou shall not ever mandate vaccination proclaims the MAGA mob. We demand the freedom to kill grandma.
Show threadDaniel Keppler, PhDMar 12, 2024
@erictopol Great data and great thread. Thank you.
Show threadLionelBMar 12, 2024

@erictopol

It would be dangerous to assume cause and effect.

Much more likely is that low incomes correlate with levels of Trump support and that low incomes mean worse outcomes.

Show threadDiana FisherMar 12, 2024
@erictopol Shocking
Show threadJustKathyMar 12, 2024

@erictopol

In fact, studies were conducted that showed a higher death rate among Republican VOTERS than among Democratic VOTERS. One such study is cited below. So in this case, poverty isn't as much a factor as being susceptible to the untrue partisan propaganda spread by Trump and the GOP. #Politics #Covid

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/political-party-affiliation-linked-excess-covid-deaths

Political party affiliation linked to excess COVID deaths

CIDRAP