Red states are more rural which slowed spread initially, but overall you see a higher death monthly rates in Red states after the first wave ~July 2020 not just

Red states are more rural which slowed spread initially, but overall you see a higher death monthly rates in Red states after the first wave ~July 2020 not just after vaccination became available. It’s not just state policies. The first wave in 2020 hit most densely populated and thus Blue counties hardest, but the second wave in 2020 and every wave after that hit the least populated and most Republican areas hardest. https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2022/03/03/the-changing-political-geography-of-covid-19-over-the-last-two-years/ https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2022/03/03/the-changing... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10684792/#:~:text=Red%20states%20had%20higher%20COVID,2021%20compared%20to%20blue%20states.&text=Red%20states%20implemented%20fewer%20political,COVID%2D19%20than%20blue%20states.&text=Biological%20factors%20such%20as%20age,deaths%20only%20in%20red%20states.&text=Vaccination%20rates%20predicted%20fewer%20deaths%20in%20blue%20states https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10684792/#:~:te...