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Conservative Political Rhetoric Now Has an Official Body Count
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Conservative Political Rhetoric Now Has an Official Body Count
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
"As we continue to go through the pandemic, it becomes clearer and clearer that certain states with Republican governors and majority Republican legislatures banded together in an informal network of death squads. The Journal of the American Medical Association Network has pinned an indictment to that effect on both Ohio and Florida.
In this cohort study evaluating 538 159 deaths in individuals aged 25 years and older in Florida and Ohio between March 2020 and December 2021, excess mortality was significantly higher for Republican voters than Democratic voters after COVID-19 vaccines were available to all adults, but not before. These differences were concentrated in counties with lower vaccination rates, and primarily noted in voters residing in Ohio.
The data are both stunning and unsurprising.
Between January 1, 2018, and December 31, 2021, there were 538 159 individuals in Ohio and Florida who died at age 25 years or older in the study sample. The median age at death was 78 years (IQR, 71-89 years). Overall, the excess death rate for Republican voters was 2.8 percentage points, or 15%, higher than the excess death rate for Democratic voters (95% prediction interval [PI], 1.6-3.7 percentage points). After May 1, 2021, when vaccines were available to all adults, the excess death rate gap between Republican and Democratic voters widened from −0.9 percentage point (95% PI, −2.5 to 0.3 percentage points) to 7.7 percentage points (95% PI, 6.0-9.3 percentage points) in the adjusted analysis; the excess death rate among Republican voters was 43% higher than the excess death rate among Democratic voters. The gap in excess death rates between Republican and Democratic voters was larger in counties with lower vaccination rates and was primarily noted in voters residing in Ohio.
Here's the part that's going to give the miseries to the people aboard the RFK, Jr. bandwagon.
However, in the summer of 2021, after vaccines were available to all adults, the excess death rate among Republican voters began to increase relative to the excess death rate among Democratic voters; in the fall of 2021, the gap widened further. Between March 2020 and December 2021, excess death rates were 2.8 percentage points (15%) higher for Republican voters compared with Democratic voters (95% PI, 1.6-3.7 percentage points). After April 1, 2021, when all adults were eligible for vaccines in Florida and Ohio, this gap widened from −0.9 percentage point (95% PI, −2.5 to 0.3 percentage points) between March 2020 and March 2021, to 7.7 percentage points (95% PI, 6.0-9.3 percentage points) in the adjusted analysis, or a 43% difference.
Conservative political rhetoric and conservative political governance now have a clearly defined body count. They talked so many people into ruining their health, and that was the most benign outcome, because they talked so many people into the grave. A lot of the guilty politicians run around saying they live by Scripture. Fine. Drop by the 23rd chapter of Matthew and see if it reminds you of anyone you know."...
"As we continue to go through the pandemic, it becomes clearer and clearer that certain states with Republican governors and majority Republican legislatures banded together in an informal network of death squads. The Journal of the American Medical Association Network has pinned an indictment to that effect on both Ohio and Florida.
In this cohort study evaluating 538 159 deaths in individuals aged 25 years and older in Florida and Ohio between March 2020 and December 2021, excess mortality was significantly higher for Republican voters than Democratic voters after COVID-19 vaccines were available to all adults, but not before. These differences were concentrated in counties with lower vaccination rates, and primarily noted in voters residing in Ohio.
The data are both stunning and unsurprising.
Between January 1, 2018, and December 31, 2021, there were 538 159 individuals in Ohio and Florida who died at age 25 years or older in the study sample. The median age at death was 78 years (IQR, 71-89 years). Overall, the excess death rate for Republican voters was 2.8 percentage points, or 15%, higher than the excess death rate for Democratic voters (95% prediction interval [PI], 1.6-3.7 percentage points). After May 1, 2021, when vaccines were available to all adults, the excess death rate gap between Republican and Democratic voters widened from −0.9 percentage point (95% PI, −2.5 to 0.3 percentage points) to 7.7 percentage points (95% PI, 6.0-9.3 percentage points) in the adjusted analysis; the excess death rate among Republican voters was 43% higher than the excess death rate among Democratic voters. The gap in excess death rates between Republican and Democratic voters was larger in counties with lower vaccination rates and was primarily noted in voters residing in Ohio.
Here's the part that's going to give the miseries to the people aboard the RFK, Jr. bandwagon.
However, in the summer of 2021, after vaccines were available to all adults, the excess death rate among Republican voters began to increase relative to the excess death rate among Democratic voters; in the fall of 2021, the gap widened further. Between March 2020 and December 2021, excess death rates were 2.8 percentage points (15%) higher for Republican voters compared with Democratic voters (95% PI, 1.6-3.7 percentage points). After April 1, 2021, when all adults were eligible for vaccines in Florida and Ohio, this gap widened from −0.9 percentage point (95% PI, −2.5 to 0.3 percentage points) between March 2020 and March 2021, to 7.7 percentage points (95% PI, 6.0-9.3 percentage points) in the adjusted analysis, or a 43% difference.
Conservative political rhetoric and conservative political governance now have a clearly defined body count. They talked so many people into ruining their health, and that was the most benign outcome, because they talked so many people into the grave. A lot of the guilty politicians run around saying they live by Scripture. Fine. Drop by the 23rd chapter of Matthew and see if it reminds you of anyone you know."...
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A) correlation does not equal causation.
B) no, there is no official body count
C) the study looked at Florida and Ohio, and only those two states. Strangely, there was NO statistically significant findings in ANY age group in Florida. The lack of replication across states invalidates any conclusions regarding party affiliation.
D) the study design intentionally removed younger people who had virtually no risk of excess mortality even if they did get COVID, bit *did* have risk of excess mortality from the jabs. Very convenient.
E) even in Ohio, one of the age groups had higher mortality for Democrats, further invalidating the headline and any party affiliation conclusions.
F) Republicans tend to be older, especially registered ones. And the old folks were most likely to be probe to excess mortality.
In many, many ways, this study was designed to produce specific results. Even then, the results aren't everything people like to claim.
Read beyond the headlines, read behind the biased and inaccurate reporting. The truth is far more complex.
B) no, there is no official body count
C) the study looked at Florida and Ohio, and only those two states. Strangely, there was NO statistically significant findings in ANY age group in Florida. The lack of replication across states invalidates any conclusions regarding party affiliation.
D) the study design intentionally removed younger people who had virtually no risk of excess mortality even if they did get COVID, bit *did* have risk of excess mortality from the jabs. Very convenient.
E) even in Ohio, one of the age groups had higher mortality for Democrats, further invalidating the headline and any party affiliation conclusions.
F) Republicans tend to be older, especially registered ones. And the old folks were most likely to be probe to excess mortality.
In many, many ways, this study was designed to produce specific results. Even then, the results aren't everything people like to claim.
Read beyond the headlines, read behind the biased and inaccurate reporting. The truth is far more complex.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
Circumstantial evidence has put lots of folks in jail......just saying.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen your shaking up 45 Trumpublican Cult Members...
of course... you already knew that... :-)
of course... you already knew that... :-)
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