DaveAnthony: We now live in a right wing world as far as covid. They won every one of their battles.

A lot of people look at the implacable and irrational unpersuadability of antivaxxers and kinda conclude "ah there's nothing we can do except let them win" instead of the correct conclusion that we need to force them to get their kids vaccinated against their parents' will

We had a test of this theory during COVID and among the groups that actually were forced to get vaccinated, most "reluctant" people just got the shot with only a few holdouts. Didn't even take a very big stick in a lot of cases!

Democrats control a lot of state legislatures! bsky.app/profile/thew...

I want to achieve that, but I think those victories are going to be hard to get with legislatures

We now live in a right wing world as far as covid. They won every one of their battles.

Except with COVID itself, which killed them off at a rate significantly higher than their leftier peers.

It killed people in zip codes. Do you think the people in red zip codes are all right wing, or do you think the poor people working for rich whites suffered more in those zip codes. Covid killed non whites.

We tell ourselves things to make ourselves feel okay for the horrors we inflict on other less fortunate people.

Nobody "inflicted" the horror of COVID on them, it's a disease. And vaccination is an individual decision, what the heck are you one about? No wonder you think the right wing won every battle 🙄 Didn't mean to engage Doomer bait.

We very much inflicted it on children. We did not make the schools safe for kids then forced kids back in. It's remarkably stupid to have gotten this far into covid and not know the basics of how to keep from catching it. Many solutions, none taken because "Others" get it worse or whatever bullshit.

As far as right wingers winning every battle, you are completely unread and uninformed.

Could be some kinda connection here but I’m not sure?

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While it's by no means the deciding factor, The Journal of the American Medical Association did find a significant difference in COVID mortality by party affiliation once vaccines were available (and not before): jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Excess Death Rates for Republican and Democratic Voters in Florida and Ohio During the COVID-19 Pandemicjamanetwork.com This cross-sectional study examines the differences in excess death rates between Republican and Democratic voters in Florida and Ohio after the COVID-19

Yes, I'm aware. I'm also aware of those epidemiologist sociologists who broke down why it's bullshit, which is why I posted what i did.

Covid killed many MAGA. Had to step away from my usual job because the demand was so high on the COVID units and saw it first-hand. Most of the deaths after the vaccines came out were from those refusing vaccines. I also volunteered at free vaccine clinics and they were given in every neighborhood.

Not even worth debating, tbh. If it makes you feel better, have at it

Since you are a researcher and worked years in the middle of the pandemic as I did I will defer to your expertise...🙄

Correct. That's how that works. The anecdotal experience of a single trauma nurse is not scalable. Dave isn't saying saying you're wrong. Epidemiologists who have been doing years study on how the epidemic has spread and affected different demographics (which is their entire job) say you're wrong.

You really think it was checking voter registration and not income? Bullshit to make you feel better

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