Nah, ain’t about politics at all
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You're mandating a vaccine that does not prevent infection from the disease you may possibly be infected by. It also does not prevent you from transmitting that disease to others, whether they have been vaccinated or not.
So, why the mandate? And if the mandate is so effective, why limit it to only companies with over 100 employees?
I certainly can see government trying to persuade people to take the COVID vaccine. I can understand insurance companies raising rates on the unvaccinated.
But the COVID vaccine is not a vaccine in the traditional sense of the word, and the approach of public health should reflect that.
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… People living in counties that went 60% or higher for Trump in November 2020 had 2.78 times the death rates of those that went for Biden. Counties with an even higher share of the vote for Trump saw higher COVID-19 mortality rates.
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In October, the reddest tenth of the country saw death rates that were six times higher than the bluest tenth. …
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Recent polling shows that partisanship is now this single strongest identifying predictor of whether someone is vaccinated.
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… the rate of Republican vaccination against COVID-19 has flatlined at just 59%, according to the latest numbers from Kaiser. By comparison, 91% of Democrats are vaccinated. … -
@axtremus said in Nah, ain’t about politics at all:
… People living in counties that went 60% or higher for Trump in November 2020 had 2.78 times the death rates of those that went for Biden. Counties with an even higher share of the vote for Trump saw higher COVID-19 mortality rates.
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In October, the reddest tenth of the country saw death rates that were six times higher than the bluest tenth. …
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Recent polling shows that partisanship is now this single strongest identifying predictor of whether someone is vaccinated.
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… the rate of Republican vaccination against COVID-19 has flatlined at just 59%, according to the latest numbers from Kaiser. By comparison, 91% of Democrats are vaccinated. …Ice cream sales and murder rates.
(For @George-K and other latin nerds, post hoc, ergo propter hoc. )
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@axtremus said in Nah, ain’t about politics at all:
… People living in counties that went 60% or higher for Trump in November 2020 had 2.78 times the death rates of those that went for Biden. Counties with an even higher share of the vote for Trump saw higher COVID-19 mortality rates.
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In October, the reddest tenth of the country saw death rates that were six times higher than the bluest tenth. …
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Recent polling shows that partisanship is now this single strongest identifying predictor of whether someone is vaccinated.
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… the rate of Republican vaccination against COVID-19 has flatlined at just 59%, according to the latest numbers from Kaiser. By comparison, 91% of Democrats are vaccinated. …
Yep, it doubled up in those red counties to 70 per 100,000 people. It's easier to get infected if one is out living life, instead of cowering in the basement. -
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I have a far fetched idea… Could there be any correlation between Trump performing better with older voters and COVID being far more lethal with older people? I mean vaccinated seniors are at greater risk than unvaccinated 30?year olds… Is there any chance that’s why so many counties that went trump had a higher death rate?
Gotta love statistics…
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@copper said in Nah, ain’t about politics at all:
I have had 3 shots and I did not report any affiliation with a political party.
Where do they get this data?
Silly Copper. They make it up!
I'm with you. Most of the people I know who refuse the vaccination are to the far right of the party. Most anyone I know who is sensible has been vaccinated.
But I still don't favor mandates.
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
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@mik said in Nah, ain’t about politics at all:
I'm with you. Most of the people I know who refuse the vaccination are to the far right of the party. Most anyone I know who is sensible has been vaccinated.
Of the people I know, I found that I could predict who refused the vaccine pretty accurately.
I think that what the British call bloody-mindedness was a more accurate predictor than simply politics.
