Republicans losing faith in their doctors makes the Covid pandemic worse

[LetMyPeopleVote]

It is sad that the TFG supporters and anti-vaxxers are so stupid

https://twittercom/MSNBC/status/1482940799520321544

In the 11 weeks that ended Dec. 15, America’s shelves were lined with unused vaccines as millions were infected with Covid-19 and 100,000 people died. The 11 weeks that follow will likely bring as many deaths, if not more. While there has been an increase in the number of infections in previously vaccinated people, they rarely lead to hospitalization and death; the overwhelming majority of deaths remain in the unvaccinated. It is not a pandemic of the unvaccinated; it is a pandemic of our partisan divide. As we enter the third year of the pandemic, our country is on life support and may soon succumb to a different diagnosis: death by politics.

For the first time since 2002, a Gallup poll finds that more Democrats than Republicans express confidence in their doctor’s medical advice. According to that poll, conducted during the first two weeks of November, more Republican respondents say they "usually feel it is necessary to check for second opinions or do [their] own research on the subject." While consulting another physician may be wise, people who are doing their “own research” are often just playing Dr. Google and searching the internet.

And, unfortunately, given the amount of misinformation online, what they call research can put them in danger. For example, over the summer, poison control centers saw a 245 percent increase in calls related to people taking ivermectin as a treatment for Covid-19. The drug, which is used to treat parasitic infections, has wrongly been promoted as a Covid cure on the internet, but deemed “dangerous” and unproven for such use by major medical societies and the Food and Drug Administration.,,,,,

The erosion of confidence in medicine is also problematic as it spills over into other aspects of health care advice on cancer screening, when NOT to take antibiotics or how to recognize and treat depression. The distrust also threatens to become generational, meaning Republicans' being more likely to respond with skepticism to their doctor’s advice could become a permanent characteristic of our partisan divide.

[SCantiGOP]

1. I told my Doctor that I had a medical degree

from WebMD.com.
He said his Dad had gotten his from Readers Digest.

[C Moon]

8. :D I tell people I'm a YouTube Surgeon.

[Buns_of_Fire]

10. I've seen every episode of M*A*S*H at least twice!

My credentials even enabled me to open a medicinal horse-piss clinic in Margie the Kook's district! (We also treat broken bones and gunshot wounds, thanks to our massive inventory of Band-Aids.)

[Hugin]

21. I specialize in boiling water and rolling bandages.

A lucrative field.

[elleng]

2. HORRENDOUS: diagnosis: death by politics.

a nation of fools

[Chicago1980]

4. Thinning of the herd Darwin style.

[DemocraticPatriot]

5. May they rest in peace--

and the sooner, the better.

My condolences to their families.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. Refusing masks/vaccines/lockdowns has become a proxy for White Republican identity

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[C Moon]

9. Los Angeles county, California is 85% one shot, 67% fully vaccinated.

[pnwmom]

6. I think this is a better link:

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/republicans-losing-faith-their-doctors-makes-covid-pandemic-worse-n1286560?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_ma

[Demovictory9]

7. EVERYTHING is partisan now... EVERYTHING is seen through the lens of red and blue

[keithbvadu2]

11. They quickly get the faith when they're dying.

They quickly get the faith when they're dying.

[ejbr]

12. Better them than us

Whatever that's worth

[dalton99a]

13. They should avoid doctors and hospitals.

[Initech]

14. Well that's what happens when they believe in Facebook memes and conspiracy theories!

[Crowman2009]

15. Yet they want to believe the bastardized version of christianity known as Talabangelism.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

16. If you needed more proof that vaccines work,

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[littlemissmartypants]

17. Full graphic

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[LetMyPeopleVote]

18. Thank you for posting this

[littlemissmartypants]

19. You're welcome! ❤

[LetMyPeopleVote]

20. For this thread

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