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Actually, political affiliation is the strongest demographic predictor for Covid-19 vaccine refusal. Check the actual stats. Unfortunately a lot of GOP leaning

Actually, political affiliation is the strongest demographic predictor for Covid-19 vaccine refusal. Check the actual stats. Unfortunately a lot of GOP leaning media sources including top rated Fox News opinion hosts have been spreading FUD about the vaccine for a year. People listen to their trusted news hosts and media sources…

cltby 5y ago
> Check the actual stats 60 % of Republicans have received at least one dose [1], but only 51 % of blacks have done the same [2]. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/17/counties-voted-trump-higher-covid-death-rate https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/17/counties-vot... [2] https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/latest-data-on-covid-19-vaccinations-by-race-ethnicity/ https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/latest-...
- javagram 5y ago
  You are comparing different populations. * “ 60% of Republican adults” * “58% percent of White people had received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, which was close to the rate for Hispanic people (56%) but higher than the rate for Black people (51%)“ The problem becomes obvious if you compare it now. How could the Republican % be higher than the white, Hispanic, or black %? Not because republicans are more likely than democrats or neutrals to get the vaccine - it’s because you’ve compared total population (including children who aren’t eligible or only became eligible in the last month or two) to adult population. Now look at stats that actually compare like for like and you can see GOP members are much less open to vaccination than Black Americans. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/28/republicans-remain-much-more-resistant-coronavirus-vaccines-than-black-americans/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/28/republica...
_-david-_ 5y ago
I have checked the stats. Blacks and Hispanics have a much higher rates per capita of not being vaccinated than whites. It just so happens that whites are the largest race which results in significant numbers of unvaccinated whites. https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccination-demographic https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccination-demogr...
jazzyjackson 5y ago
fox news is the most popular TV news and has like 1-2 million daily viewers. I could be wrong but I don’t think people are going by what they see on TV.
- XorNot 5y ago
  Fox News daily or hourly viewer count is not the same 2.5 million people (https://www.statista.com/statistics/373814/cable-news-network-viewership-usa/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/373814/cable-news-networ...) consistently. https://www.reuters.com/article/industry-us-news-idUSTRE68D03N20100914 https://www.reuters.com/article/industry-us-news-idUSTRE68D0... notes that in general the average American spends about 60 minutes a day getting news from TV, radio or newspapers and only 9% report they exclusively get news online. The major networks have a huge impact on the overall media narrative, and Fox News is the biggest.

cltby 5y ago

> Check the actual stats 60 % of Republicans have received at least one dose [1], but only 51 % of blacks have done the same [2]. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/17/counties-voted-trump-higher-covid-death-rate https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/17/counties-vot... [2] https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/latest-data-on-covid-19-vaccinations-by-race-ethnicity/ https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/latest-...

javagram 5y ago
You are comparing different populations. * “ 60% of Republican adults” * “58% percent of White people had received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, which was close to the rate for Hispanic people (56%) but higher than the rate for Black people (51%)“ The problem becomes obvious if you compare it now. How could the Republican % be higher than the white, Hispanic, or black %? Not because republicans are more likely than democrats or neutrals to get the vaccine - it’s because you’ve compared total population (including children who aren’t eligible or only became eligible in the last month or two) to adult population. Now look at stats that actually compare like for like and you can see GOP members are much less open to vaccination than Black Americans. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/28/republicans-remain-much-more-resistant-coronavirus-vaccines-than-black-americans/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/28/republica...

_-david-_ 5y ago

I have checked the stats. Blacks and Hispanics have a much higher rates per capita of not being vaccinated than whites. It just so happens that whites are the largest race which results in significant numbers of unvaccinated whites. https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccination-demographic https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccination-demogr...

jazzyjackson 5y ago

fox news is the most popular TV news and has like 1-2 million daily viewers. I could be wrong but I don’t think people are going by what they see on TV.

XorNot 5y ago
Fox News daily or hourly viewer count is not the same 2.5 million people (https://www.statista.com/statistics/373814/cable-news-network-viewership-usa/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/373814/cable-news-networ...) consistently. https://www.reuters.com/article/industry-us-news-idUSTRE68D03N20100914 https://www.reuters.com/article/industry-us-news-idUSTRE68D0... notes that in general the average American spends about 60 minutes a day getting news from TV, radio or newspapers and only 9% report they exclusively get news online. The major networks have a huge impact on the overall media narrative, and Fox News is the biggest.