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applegrove

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Tue Dec 27, 2022, 06:30 PM Dec 2022

Almost twice as many Republicans than Democrats died of Covid, study says [View all]

Almost twice as many Republicans than Democrats died of Covid, study says

The gap in death rates between the parties grew substantially after the vaccines were introduced

Graig Graziosi at The Independant

Thursday 17 November 2022

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/republicans-died-double-democrats-covid-b2227425.html
(Paywall. All I could get was two paragraphs)

"SNIP.......

Nearly twice as many Republicans died from Covid-19 than Democrats did, a new study has found.

Excess Death Rates for Republicans and Democrats During the Covid-19 Pandemic, published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, used death records and voter registration records to determine the political breakdown of those who died during the pandemic.

......SNIP"

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What a pity. roamer65 Dec 2022 #1
The future statistics are mean. Tetrachloride Dec 2022 #2
Darwin rules malaise Dec 2022 #3
Spot on onetexan Dec 2022 #18
Darwin rules, we win, Magats lose and the Nation is far better off. machoneman Dec 2022 #26
Reality bites. tanyev Dec 2022 #4
link to the original paper DBoon Dec 2022 #5
Thanks for looking up the paper mgardener Dec 2022 #13
Thanks. applegrove Dec 2022 #14
Gee, that's too bad... 2naSalit Dec 2022 #6
Confirming A Bias... ProfessorGAC Dec 2022 #7
Herman approves! Initech Dec 2022 #8
Full article: moonscape Dec 2022 #9
Thank you. applegrove Dec 2022 #15
In MI, a majority of COVID deaths happened in counties Biden won Kaleva Dec 2022 #10
Per capita death rate IbogaProject Dec 2022 #19
When populations of rural counties are small, a higher per capita Kaleva Dec 2022 #22
Seems those counties just got bluer. aeromanKC Dec 2022 #27
Possible Kaleva Dec 2022 #29
So much winning 303squadron Dec 2022 #11
used to hear math folks call that type of calculation an "easy figure" cuz duh...🧐 bringthePaine Dec 2022 #12
2 to 1... myohmy2 Dec 2022 #16
Clearly because of that chip. nilram Dec 2022 #17
But they still believe in horse wormers/// Historic NY Dec 2022 #20
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2022 #32
Thinning the heard. Historic NY Dec 2022 #21
Oh well, their choice. republianmushroom Dec 2022 #23
I know that NC with Dem Governor had many fewer deaths per capita then TN, SC and Georgia wishstar Dec 2022 #24
May I nicely suggest they don't get any more vaccines? Flu, measles, DPT, typhoid and diptheria? erronis Dec 2022 #25
Already happening. In Ohio there's an outbreak of measles I believe. oldsoftie Dec 2022 #30
I don't at all feel badly that the willfully unvaccinated MontanaMama Dec 2022 #28
How Many Republicans Died Because the GOP Turned Against Vaccines? LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2022 #31
YOU GET A DARWIN AWARD....AND YOU GET A DARWIN AWARD...AND YOU GET A...!!! LiberalLovinLug Dec 2022 #33
Has Fox News started calling it "Democrat inflicted eugenics" yet? NullTuples Dec 2022 #34
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