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TrogL

(32,818 posts)
Wed Sep 2, 2020, 02:28 PM Sep 2020

You are aware that Trump's implications about Covid in Democratic areas is a logical fallacy, right?

It’s called Fallacy of the Undivided Middle and relates to Correlation is not Causation.

Here’s the structure:

All cows are brown.
My dog is brown.
Therefore my dog is a cow.

Let’s say one of the main reasons for a cluster of Covid cases is crowding such as in urban areas. Urban areas tend to vote Democratic. See where I’m going?

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You are aware that Trump's implications about Covid in Democratic areas is a logical fallacy, right? (Original Post) TrogL Sep 2020 OP
Plus If You Look at Many States the Highest Covid Per Capita Are Not in Metropolitan Areas Stallion Sep 2020 #1

Stallion

(6,473 posts)
1. Plus If You Look at Many States the Highest Covid Per Capita Are Not in Metropolitan Areas
Wed Sep 2, 2020, 02:40 PM
Sep 2020

see for example Texas where I don't think any of the Top 5 largest cities (lead by Democrats) are in the top 40 of highest covid per capita.

95% of metropolitan areas led by Democrats are wearing masks and social distancing

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