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Covid is killing rural Americans at twice the rate of people in urban areas

2 points by belltaco 5y ago

eigengrau5150 5y ago
If the hicks want to drink right-wing koolaid and die of COVID rather than get vaccinated and wear masks, then I've got three words for them: "It's your funeral". We've got enough Herman Cain Awards for anybody who wants one. Stack 'em up like cordwood and dig mass graves for 'em in landfills. Dead rural conservatives are the answer to all of America's problems.
- b23aa 5y ago
  How much cock do you suck each day? Ten cocks?
- arrakis2021 5y ago
  You seem pleasant.
- dang 5y ago
  You can't slur other people like this on HN and if you do it again we will ban you. Please read the site guidelines and stick to them: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. They don't include exemptions for whatever groups you happen to dislike.
verdverm 5y ago
Two paragraphs of misinformation. Not worth the click through. The report they link to shows state by state charts which paint a very diverse picture.
tboyd47 5y ago
> Eleven patients died of Covid in the first half of September at his hospital in Mount Pleasant, population 16,000. Typically, three or four nonhospice patients die there in a whole month. So, the rate has gone from 0.0002 to 0.0013. Yes, that is more than twice the rate. But is it statistically significant? What did they go to the hospital for, and what other co-morbidities did they have? Does the hospital test vaccinated people on entry for COVID, as they do for non-vaccinated? And do they continue to test vaccinated people at the recommend cycle threshold (28) and non-vaccinated people at higher than the recommended rate (40+)? Without context, it is very hard to draw conclusions from these statistics that constantly wash over us like flood water over a sunken bridge.
b23aa 5y ago
How do you say "I'm a faggot" without saying "I'm a faggot"?
justwanttolearn 5y ago
Anything will kill people in rural areas than urban areas. Due to access to care and resources.

2 points by belltaco 5y ago

If the hicks want to drink right-wing koolaid and die of COVID rather than get vaccinated and wear masks, then I've got three words for them: "It's your funeral". We've got enough Herman Cain Awards for anybody who wants one. Stack 'em up like cordwood and dig mass graves for 'em in landfills. Dead rural conservatives are the answer to all of America's problems.

b23aa 5y ago
How much cock do you suck each day? Ten cocks?
arrakis2021 5y ago
You seem pleasant.
dang 5y ago
You can't slur other people like this on HN and if you do it again we will ban you. Please read the site guidelines and stick to them: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. They don't include exemptions for whatever groups you happen to dislike.

verdverm 5y ago

Two paragraphs of misinformation. Not worth the click through. The report they link to shows state by state charts which paint a very diverse picture.

tboyd47 5y ago

> Eleven patients died of Covid in the first half of September at his hospital in Mount Pleasant, population 16,000. Typically, three or four nonhospice patients die there in a whole month. So, the rate has gone from 0.0002 to 0.0013. Yes, that is more than twice the rate. But is it statistically significant? What did they go to the hospital for, and what other co-morbidities did they have? Does the hospital test vaccinated people on entry for COVID, as they do for non-vaccinated? And do they continue to test vaccinated people at the recommend cycle threshold (28) and non-vaccinated people at higher than the recommended rate (40+)? Without context, it is very hard to draw conclusions from these statistics that constantly wash over us like flood water over a sunken bridge.

b23aa 5y ago

How do you say "I'm a faggot" without saying "I'm a faggot"?

justwanttolearn 5y ago

Anything will kill people in rural areas than urban areas. Due to access to care and resources.