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> The "Covid State Project" is an academic consortium (so we can guess that their work won't replicate anyway) I'm not sure what you mean by that (perhaps just
by fortuna86 5y ago
> The "Covid State Project" is an academic consortium (so we can guess that their work won't replicate anyway)
I'm not sure what you mean by that (perhaps just a simple case of discrediting the messenger in order to ignore the message), but this fact:
> The single biggest predictor, by far, of belief in vaccine misinformation? Identifying as a Republican, reflecting the widespread misinformation and conspiracy theorizing about Covid on the right.
Is supported by polling, hospital rates, death rates, etc. Denying it because it makes your 'side' look bad is not only silly, but dangerous. People are dying.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/27/briefing/covid-red-states-vaccinations.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/27/briefing/covid-red-states...
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2021/07/29/covid-19-is-crushing-red-states-why-isnt-trump-turning-his-rallies-into-mass-vaccination-sites/ https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2021/07/29/covid-19-is...
https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/580607-the-death-rates-from-covid-in-red-america-and https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-c...