Yesterday’s post looked at an NPR article’’s contention that COVID deaths were associated with a US County’s tendency to vote for Trump in the 2020 election. In that post, I highlighted that the numbers look quite different when drilling into smaller periods of time…. what looked like a strong signal of Trump voters→ more COVID deaths was largely just a function of the fact that the time period the authors used coincided with the Summer seasonal wave that hit the Southern states hard, where lots of Trump voters live.
How sad that it's come to this. What a scurrilous attempt by NPR and NYT to sow division and hatred. And to use people's deaths to score cheap points. This is a zero sum game that leads to nothing. Tic-tac-toe using people's lives as noughts and crosses on the board.
It is important that you demonstrated how futile this is by reaching the number you did. A hollow zero. Death is the equaliser. All people die. There is no red or blue. No left or right. I hope that people see this and reflect deeply.
The suffering and division must end and people need to start heeding each other. To not allow our fears to distort our reasoning or direct our actions to inflict harm. Covid may have started the dying, but we don't need to continue it. It is hubris to try to defeat death by means which we do not fully understand.
The idea of America is still important to the world. We need you to transcend this. So much hangs in the balance, for all of us. I hope that you all show up at the march in Washington and demonstrate to the world what you are made of.
To be a truly great analyst, you have to pick apart the detail. That is exactly what you have done. The number of data points and permutations is enormous. Congratulations on this analysis. Top man!
I used to enjoy listening to NPR every day. Not any more. When they began receiving $ from Bill Gates, they became corrupted/ruined. Every story now seems to involve race-mongering and the like.
What you've done here is really, really cool. Thank you!
I couldn't help noticing that county-wide obesity rates are also available...I'm guessing these challenge the vaccine efficacy narrative even further:
https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/explore-health-rankings/measures-data-sources/county-health-rankings-model/health-factors/health-behaviors/diet-exercise/adult-obesity
How sad that it's come to this. What a scurrilous attempt by NPR and NYT to sow division and hatred. And to use people's deaths to score cheap points. This is a zero sum game that leads to nothing. Tic-tac-toe using people's lives as noughts and crosses on the board.
It is important that you demonstrated how futile this is by reaching the number you did. A hollow zero. Death is the equaliser. All people die. There is no red or blue. No left or right. I hope that people see this and reflect deeply.
The suffering and division must end and people need to start heeding each other. To not allow our fears to distort our reasoning or direct our actions to inflict harm. Covid may have started the dying, but we don't need to continue it. It is hubris to try to defeat death by means which we do not fully understand.
The idea of America is still important to the world. We need you to transcend this. So much hangs in the balance, for all of us. I hope that you all show up at the march in Washington and demonstrate to the world what you are made of.
Nice work!
To be a truly great analyst, you have to pick apart the detail. That is exactly what you have done. The number of data points and permutations is enormous. Congratulations on this analysis. Top man!
If I had to guess between which had greater efficay against Covid, Ivermectin, HQC, or a Vote for Biden, I think I'd go with Ivermectin.
I used to enjoy listening to NPR every day. Not any more. When they began receiving $ from Bill Gates, they became corrupted/ruined. Every story now seems to involve race-mongering and the like.