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> It's sad to see how the medical system fails Republicans. It has nothing to do with politics. Excess deaths was because the medical infrastructure was overw
by EagnaIonat 4y ago
> It's sad to see how the medical system fails Republicans.
It has nothing to do with politics.
Excess deaths was because the medical infrastructure was overwhelmed. So ICU services were not available as normal.
From report:
> Overall, our results suggest that political party affiliation only became a substantial risk factor in Ohio and Florida after vaccines were widely available.
> ...
> Lack of individual-level vaccination status limits our ability to draw broad conclusions, but the results suggest that the well-documented differences in vaccination attitudes and reported uptake between Republicans and Democrats [10, 7, 8, 13] have already had serious consequences for the severity and trajectory of the pandemic in the United States.
- irjustin 4y ago> It has nothing to do with politics. > Excess deaths was because the medical infrastructure was overwhelmed. So ICU services were not available as normal. I'm a bit confused how you come to this conclusion when the section you quote from the report says the lack of vaccination uptake is to blame along party lines. overwhelmed medical infrastructure would hit both political parties equally. Unless you're suggesting that democrats in Florida have access to democrat-only-hospitals...