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Rhiannon12866

(206,212 posts)
Tue Nov 9, 2021, 08:15 PM Nov 2021

Counties That Voted Trump Have THREE TIMES Higher Covid Rates Than Those Who Voted Biden - RoF



A new report has revealed that the ongoing COVID pandemic is far worse in counties that voted for Donald Trump than the counties that voted for Biden. In fact, the infection rate in Trump counties is actually THREE TIMES higher than those who voted for Biden. This isn't surprising considering the increasingly political polarization surrounding the pandemic, and these red counties are the ones ignoring most of the protocols and concurrent medical opinions. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins explains what's happening.


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zipplewrath

(16,646 posts)
7. And probably 5 times overall
Tue Nov 9, 2021, 08:50 PM
Nov 2021

Trump voters are potentially getting infected at 5 times the rate as democrats. Potentially, the fatality rate is similar. I struggle with thoughts on this statistic.

zipplewrath

(16,646 posts)
11. True, but...
Tue Nov 9, 2021, 09:04 PM
Nov 2021

It is currently a pandemic of the vaccinated. Of course, these folks are the petri dish for a much worse variant.

Rhiannon12866

(206,212 posts)
12. That's the other terrible fact, the variants have first emerged in superspreader areas...
Tue Nov 9, 2021, 09:09 PM
Nov 2021

And the previous administration in this country allowed the virus to spread unchecked for a year while announcing that it was "a hoax" and it "would just disappear," even though they knew the truth...

Rhiannon12866

(206,212 posts)
14. Everyone was supposed to gather in church on Easter in April 2020
Tue Nov 9, 2021, 09:18 PM
Nov 2021

Like TFG makes a practice of going to church...

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