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Demovictory9

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Sun Nov 1, 2020, 12:11 AM Nov 2020

Stanford study: Trump campaign rallies led to 30,000 COVID cases, 700 deaths

Stanford study: Trump campaign rallies led to 30,000 COVID cases, 700 deaths

Researchers at Stanford University believe President Donald Trump's re-election campaign rallies — which are not socially distanced and mask wearing is sporadic — are responsible for 30,000 COVID-19 cases and 700 deaths across the country.

In a paper published Saturday, the four researchers examine infection patterns in 18 separate counties before and after they hosted Trump rallies between June 20 and Sept. 22. The researchers conclude the rallies "ultimately resulted in more than 30,000 incremental confirmed cases of COVID-19" and "likely led to more than 700 deaths."


To isolate the impact of the rallies, the researchers monitored the trends in counties that did not host rallies that were on "similar trajectories" to the 18 rally counties. They found a clear link between rallies and increased community spread of the virus.

“For the vast majority of county matching procedures we employ, our estimate of the average treatment effect across the eighteen rallies implies that they increased subsequent confirmed cases of COVID-19 by more than 250 per 100,000 residents," the authors write.

https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Stanford-study-Trump-rallies-deaths-super-spreader-15691006.php?IPID=SFGate-HP-CP-Spotlight

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Stanford study: Trump campaign rallies led to 30,000 COVID cases, 700 deaths (Original Post) Demovictory9 Nov 2020 OP
Yip, clicking on the news this A.M. was chock full of crappy wingnut items: UTUSN Nov 2020 #1
trump is killing his supporters Gothmog Nov 2020 #2

UTUSN

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1. Yip, clicking on the news this A.M. was chock full of crappy wingnut items:
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 12:17 AM
Nov 2020

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https://www.mediaite.com/news/trump-rallies-have-led-to-more-than-30000-covid-19-cases-new-study/
Trump Rallies Have Led to More Than 30,000 Covid-19 Cases: New Study

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