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| Coronavirus death toll is heavily concentrated in Democratic congressional districts |
| 2020-10-29 |
| [PewResearch] The coronavirus outbreak has taken the lives of nearly 100,000 Americans. Yet since the start of the outbreak, the death toll has been concentrated in a just a few places – mostly large metropolitan areas, especially the New York City area. The places hit hardest by the coronavirus outbreak – which have relatively large shares of ethnic and racial minorities and residents living in densely populated urban and suburban areas – are almost all represented by congressional Democrats. A new Pew Research Center analysis of data on official reports of COVID-19 deaths, collected by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering, finds that, as of last week, nearly a quarter of all the deaths in the United States attributed to the coronavirus have been in just 12 congressional districts – all located in New York City and represented by Democrats in Congress. Of the more than 92,000 Americans who had died of COVID-19 as of May 20 (the date that the data in this analysis was collected), nearly 75,000 were in Democratic congressional districts. |
| Posted by:DarthVader |
| #10 I mean, we've been told by the best scientific minds that masks are worthless. I couldn't be that the people doing the telling don't actually know that they're talking about? A lot of them don't or object for whatever reason. Others who life has depended upon a proper mask may have something to say about it. Personally I'm not in the anti-mask group and, as said the other day, if the fellow in front of you had eaten Taco Bell, you'll be glad they had pants on. A proper mask, worn properly, help. The wrong mask, not making a proper seal such as having a beards, poor mask discipline, or a combination of those or other issues dramatically reduce the benefit of a mask. Those who died in nursing homes and other careless exposure, especially during this time frame, would have had masks, as well as the caretakers and staff, and yet there was contagion. Biden's china paper mask is garbage and solely a prop to be 'Common Man' decoration. Masks, however frail is effectiveness, for those who have succumbed to the fearmongering, benefit health wise as a placebo - and in that own way is effective...though not for the health reasons of preventing bug exchanges we are focusing on this topic. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-10-29 22:16 |
| #9 SteveS, yes but Michigan and New York sent sick into the Facilities for the Elderly. That didn't happen in any Red districts that I'm aware of. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2020-10-29 20:43 |
| #8 And yet, the Dems, Socialists, and Control Freaks want to densify America to eliminate travel in private vehicles and control your home/school/business mobility |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-10-29 20:15 |
| #7 Coronavirus death toll is heavily concentrated in Democratic congressional districts Said another less inflammatory way: Coronavirus death toll is heavily concentrated in large cities with lots of people. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2020-10-29 18:48 |
| #6 Good.Riddance.To.Bad.Rubbish. |
| Posted by: Regular joe 2020-10-29 15:32 |
| #5 the majority of Covid-19 cases in Israel are in ultra-Orthodox enclaves Now, a couple of weeks after they starting wearing masks, their infection rate went down drastically. Everybody's infection rate (fraction of positive test results) went down drastically once they started wearing masks.. I'm really perplexed - I mean, we've been told by the best scientific minds that masks are worthless. I couldn't be that the people doing the telling don't actually know that they're talking about? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-10-29 15:26 |
| #4 Fortunately, they can still vote. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2020-10-29 14:22 |
| #3 Good catch, Lord Garth. (Congratulations on achieving capitalized status!) It would be useful to see a similar comparison with updated data. This correlates with g(r)omgoru’s statements that the majority of Covid-19 cases in Israel are in ultra-Orthodox enclaves, so an examination of what both the Haredis and New York City have in common would be helpful. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2020-10-29 14:17 |
| #2 This is based on data as of mid May |
| Posted by: Lord garth 2020-10-29 12:50 |
| #1 Covid is a disease of density and density is related to progressive politics. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2020-10-29 12:47 |