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wishstar

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24. I know that NC with Dem Governor had many fewer deaths per capita then TN, SC and Georgia

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Tue Dec 27, 2022, 08:58 PM

Dec 2022

NC Gov Cooper instituted and encouraged Covid mandates and masking while neighboring states with Repub governors did not and even tried to prohibit cities from imposing Covid mandates and masking. After much pressure, SC Gov McMaster finally relented and allowed some cities that wanted mask mandates to be able to institute mandates and those cities were undoubtedly more Democratic leaning.

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Almost twice as many Republicans than Democrats died of Covid, study says [View all] applegrove Dec 2022 OP

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