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Mark Harris @MarkHarrisNYC 6m
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NBC Politics @NBCPolitics 4h
Covid deaths are unevenly distributed among Republicans and Democrats, but experts are still puzzling over why these differences exist.

NBC: Covid death rates are higher among Republicans than Democrats. The reason is up for debate.
https://nbcnews.to/3e7gzKJ

[Initech]

1. Yeah, there's this forum called r/HermanCainAwards...

If you've lurked or posted there for any length of time, you know the answer to that question!

[Elessar Zappa]

2. Hmmm... what could it be?

It couldn’t be that Republicans are anti-mask, anti-vax assholes, could it?

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. Quite a few limitations among the two studies.

But the June study suggested that Covid vaccine uptake explained just 10% of the partisan gap in the deaths. Those researchers suggested that compliance with other public health measures such as mask use and social distancing was a significant factor.

The study from Sehgal’s team looked at counties, not individuals, which makes it difficult to determine if other demographic factors — such as education level, proximity to health care services or the share of older residents — played a role in the trend.

The new Yale paper, by contrast, linked political affiliation to excess Covid deaths at the individual level, but it still used county-level vaccination rates. The research was also limited to two states.

"It may very well be that in Ohio and Florida, because of the nature of Ohioans and Floridians, vaccine uptake may have played a greater role than [in] the country at large," Sehgal said.

[Pobeka]

4. Read a little farther, the question is which stupid GOP behaviour cause the most deaths.

"Lower vaccination rates among Republicans could explain the partisan gap, but some researchers say mask use and social distancing were bigger factors."

It's not a question of are GOPer's are stupider than DEMs, that's just a given...

[central scrutinizer]

7. Confounding variables

You’ve got antivax, antimask, bleach, ivermectin, UV light, magical thinking all in play here. Hard to narrow it down.

[Shermann]

5. Survival of the fittest? Sometimes evolution favors brains over brawn. nt

[Johnny2X2X]

6. LOL!

Oh I dint know. What can it be?

[Jack the Greater]

8. Live Free and Die