Republican states death rate more than double Democratic states

[kpete]

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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/9/3/1974644/-Republican-states-death-rate-more-than-double-Democratic-states?utm_campaign=trending

[In_The_Wind]

1. As could have been predicted. No Mask equals More Deaths.

[Aristus]

2. No surprise there.

What with all the smokin', drankin', terbacco-chawin', rootin'-tootin', six-gun shootin', meth dealin', no helmet-wearin' FREEDOM! going on in the red states...

[obamanut2012]

4. You really have absolutely no idea what you are talking about

Been to Kern County, CA? Scranton, PA? Eastern Washington? A huge chunk of NJ?

The obtuse and weird regional bigotry and sometimes ignorance on DU has always gobsmacked me.

[Aristus]

5. It's not my fault that quality of life is better in the blue states.

If they want to live longer, better lives in the red states, they can start working for it, voting for it, or both.

[dalton99a]

7. The chart above is also consistent with this chart:

[Yeehah]

6. Been to Fort Smith, Arkansas? Sturgis, South Dakota? Phenix City, Alabama? Amarillo, Texas?

The post to which you responded sums it up quite well.

[LonePirate]

3. This is due to suppressing data and suppressing testing.

More testing would find more cases that don’t result in deaths, thus lowering the death rate. If testing is limited to those showing symptoms or those being hospitalized, the death rate will be higher.