Red COVID

[Lionfish]

[moon]

Display it at the cemetery .

[ThatOwlWoman]

Hello ThatOwlWoman,



Sadly, it would not be a big surprise to see right wing extremists attack other parts of the federal government or institutions working on the response to the pandemic. Right wing extremists have taken a pro-COVID position, and appear to be actively trying to spread the disease.

Many feel that by letting the disease take it's course that we can achieve herd immunity sooner and then be done with the pandemic.

This is a very bad idea. We have never gotten even close to herd immunity but we have already overwhelmed hospitals in several regions.

The big problem with the right wing approach is that it results in needless deaths.

As long as it isn't THEIR death -- or anyone they care about -- the death toll is just the "price of freedom." These are seriously sick people, even without the plague.

[Lionfish]

[signalmankenneth]

(CNN) In his victory speech after the 2020 election, Joe Biden said this: "I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide, but to unify. Who doesn't see red and blue states, but a United States."

Roughly nine months into his presidency, however, red states and blue states have widely diverged on what should be the least political of issues: Vaccination rates for Covid-19.

Dubbing it "Red Covid," The New York Times' David Leonhardt writes:

"The political divide over vaccinations is so large that almost every reliably blue state now has a higher vaccination rate than almost every reliably red state. ... Because the vaccines are so effective at preventing serious illness, Covid deaths are also showing a partisan pattern. Covid is still a national crisis, but the worst forms of it are increasingly concentrated in red America."

New data from Gallup provides stark numbers to back up Leonhardt's claim.

More than 9 in 10 self-identified Democrats (92%) report that they have had at least one dose of one of the three vaccines for Covid-19. That number among Republicans? Just 56%.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/28/polit...tes/index.html

[ThatOwlWoman]

(CNN) In his victory speech after the 2020 election, Joe Biden said this: "I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide, but to unify. Who doesn't see red and blue states, but a United States."

Roughly nine months into his presidency, however, red states and blue states have widely diverged on what should be the least political of issues: Vaccination rates for Covid-19.

Dubbing it "Red Covid," The New York Times' David Leonhardt writes:

"The political divide over vaccinations is so large that almost every reliably blue state now has a higher vaccination rate than almost every reliably red state. ... Because the vaccines are so effective at preventing serious illness, Covid deaths are also showing a partisan pattern. Covid is still a national crisis, but the worst forms of it are increasingly concentrated in red America."

New data from Gallup provides stark numbers to back up Leonhardt's claim.

More than 9 in 10 self-identified Democrats (92%) report that they have had at least one dose of one of the three vaccines for Covid-19. That number among Republicans? Just 56%.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/28/polit...tes/index.html

Live by the stupid, die as a stupid.

[PoliTalker]

Hello ThatOwlWoman,

As long as it isn't THEIR death -- or anyone they care about -- the death toll is just the "price of freedom." These are seriously sick people, even without the plague.

Well it's not just their death.

As the table in the OP indcates for every 4 Republicans dying of COVID, a Democrat dies as well.

If Republican ineptitude did not make the disease so prevalent, fewer Democrats would be dying.

Basically, we just have to love all Americans.

If we help save Republicans from themselves, then we save some Democrats too.

Personally, I just want to save Americans from needless death.

I don't care what their politics is. They are Americans? I naturally have something in common with them. I am an American too. I see them as part of my country, and I want to protect them.

[Life is Golden]

I'm not. I'd rather she -- and millions of other Trump cultists -- would join us and put an end to this fucking plague.

But you are not an insane Covid vaccine fundie.

[ThatOwlWoman]

Hello ThatOwlWoman,



Well it's not just their death.

As the table in the OP indcates for every 4 Republicans dying of COVID, a Democrat dies as well.

If Republican ineptitude did not make the disease so prevalent, fewer Democrats would be dying.

Basically, we just have to love all Americans.

If we help save Republicans from themselves, then we save some Democrats too.

Personally, I just want to save Americans from needless death.

I don't care what their politics is. They are Americans? I naturally have something in common with them. I am an American too. I see them as part of my country, and I want to protect them.

I do too. Now that we have safe and effective vaccines, there is no reason that *anyone* regardless of political POV should be catching and spreading this lethal disease.

[ThatOwlWoman]

But you are not an insane Covid vaccine fundie.

Nope. But who is? Wanting to save lives, end the pandemic, and return to normal life is not insanity. It's common sense. That commodity seems to have been abandoned by way too many Americans.

[Stringfellow Hawk]

Hello ThatOwlWoman,



Well it's not just their death.

As the table in the OP indcates for every 4 Republicans dying of COVID, a Democrat dies as well.

If Republican ineptitude did not make the disease so prevalent, fewer Democrats would be dying.

Basically, we just have to love all Americans.

If we help save Republicans from themselves, then we save some Democrats too.

Personally, I just want to save Americans from needless death.

I don't care what their politics is. They are Americans? I naturally have something in common with them. I am an American too. I see them as part of my country, and I want to protect them.

your math must be off as Blue states still lead in total deaths and percentages are high in Minorities. I would worry about your own base if I were you

[Stringfellow Hawk]

Nope. But who is? Wanting to save lives, end the pandemic, and return to normal life is not insanity. It's common sense. That commodity seems to have been abandoned by way too many Americans.

LIke the Flu and other viruses, it is here to stay, vaccines do not eradicate it and those taking vaccines are still catching it

[moon]

LIke the Flu and other viruses, it is here to stay,

How about the smallpox virus in America ? Where did it go ?

[ThatOwlWoman]

LIke the Flu and other viruses, it is here to stay, vaccines do not eradicate it and those taking vaccines are still catching it

It's possible that we may need annual Covid shots just like we do for influenza. Only time will tell.

[ThatOwlWoman]

How about the smallpox virus in America ? Where did it go ?

Not just in the U.S., but worldwide. It has been eradicated, except for (allegedly) some kept in virology labs here and there for "study."