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Life is Golden (09-28-2021)
Display it at the cemetery .
" First they came for the journalists...
We don't know what happened after that . "
Maria Ressa.
moon (09-28-2021)
(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
moon (09-28-2021), PoliTalker (09-28-2021), ThatOwlWoman (09-28-2021)
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.
Personal Ignore Policy PIP: I like civil discourse. I will give you all the respect in the world if you respect me. Mouth off to me, or express overt racism, you will be PERMANENTLY Ignore Listed. Zero tolerance. No exceptions. I'll never read a word you write, even if quoted by another, nor respond to you, nor participate in your threads. ... Ignore the shallow. Cherish the thoughtful. Long Live Civil Discourse, Mutual Respect, and Good Debate! ps: Feel free to adopt my PIP. It works well.
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moon (09-28-2021), PoliTalker (09-28-2021)
"Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals." -- Mark Twain
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