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> Black Americans experienced largely similar improvement in AAMR in both Democratic and Republican counties. Doesn't this prove that it is something other tha

by bsuvc 4y ago

> Black Americans experienced largely similar improvement in AAMR in both Democratic and Republican counties. Doesn't this prove that it is something other than who your county voted for in the last presidential election causing an increase in AAMR? > Rural Republican counties experienced the highest AAMR and the least improvement What if living in a rural area is more of a factor than being a "Repulican county"? This study seems like it is bending over backward to try to tie the risk of death to who you voted for in the presidential election.

lallysingh 4y ago
What are you quoting? I can't find the phrase "AAMR" in the article at all. Nor "Black Americans."
- tinalumfoil 4y ago
  https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj-2021-069308 https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj-2021-069308
- tclancy 4y ago
  It looks like an intentional cherry pick of this to avoid the fact it doesn't say what they suggest: >What is perhaps most telling in our study is that while both Black and Hispanic Americans experienced largely similar gains in health regardless of what political environment they lived in, with Black residents of Democratic areas experiencing the greatest reduction in deaths rates of any major racial-ethnic group, the sharpest divide is seen among white Americans. In fact, the fourfold growth in the gap in death rates between white residents of Democratic and Republican areas seems to be driving most of the overall expanding chasm between Democratic and Republican areas.
- bsuvc 4y ago
  From the abstract of the actual study, not the article. https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj-2021-069308 https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj-2021-069308
bombcar 4y ago
It's likely another example of pet peeve #208 https://xkcd.com/1138/ https://xkcd.com/1138/
wolverine876 4y ago
> What if living in a rural area is more of a factor than being a "Repulican county"? The study controlled for that.

by bsuvc 4y ago

lallysingh 4y ago

What are you quoting? I can't find the phrase "AAMR" in the article at all. Nor "Black Americans."

tinalumfoil 4y ago
https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj-2021-069308 https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj-2021-069308
tclancy 4y ago
It looks like an intentional cherry pick of this to avoid the fact it doesn't say what they suggest: >What is perhaps most telling in our study is that while both Black and Hispanic Americans experienced largely similar gains in health regardless of what political environment they lived in, with Black residents of Democratic areas experiencing the greatest reduction in deaths rates of any major racial-ethnic group, the sharpest divide is seen among white Americans. In fact, the fourfold growth in the gap in death rates between white residents of Democratic and Republican areas seems to be driving most of the overall expanding chasm between Democratic and Republican areas.
bsuvc 4y ago
From the abstract of the actual study, not the article. https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj-2021-069308 https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj-2021-069308

bombcar 4y ago

It's likely another example of pet peeve #208 https://xkcd.com/1138/ https://xkcd.com/1138/

wolverine876 4y ago

> What if living in a rural area is more of a factor than being a "Repulican county"? The study controlled for that.