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It was only a few percentage points higher in counties where Donald Trump had won at least 60 percent of the vote than in counties where Joe Biden crossed that threshold. In counties where neither candidate won 60 percent, the death toll was higher than in either Trump or Biden counties. There simply was not a strong partisan pattern to Covid during the first year that it was circulating in the U.S.
Then the vaccines arrived.
They proved so powerful, and the partisan attitudes toward them so different, that a gap in Covid’s death toll quickly emerged. I have covered that gap in two newsletters — one this summer, one last month — and today’s newsletter offers an update.
The brief version: The gap in Covid’s death toll between red and blue America has grown faster over the past month than at any previous point.
In October, 25 out of every 100,000 residents of heavily Trump counties died from Covid, more than three times higher than the rate in heavily Biden counties (7.8 per 100,000). October was the fifth consecutive month that the percentage gap between the death rates in Trump counties and Biden counties widened. Some conservative writers have tried to claim that the gap may stem from regional differences in weather or age, but those arguments fall apart under scrutiny. (If weather or age were a major reason, the pattern would have begun to appear last year.)
The true explanation is straightforward: The vaccines are remarkably effective at preventing severe Covid, and almost 40 percent of Republican adults remain unvaccinated, compared with about 10 percent of Democratic adults. Charles Gaba, a Democratic health care analyst, has pointed out that the gap is also evident at finer gradations of political analysis: Counties where Trump received at least 70 percent of the vote have an even higher average Covid death toll than counties where Trump won at least 60 percent. (Look up your county.)
As a result, Covid deaths have been concentrated in counties outside of major metropolitan areas. Many of these are in red states, while others are in red parts of blue or purple states, like Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Virginia and even California. This situation is a tragedy, in which irrational fears about vaccine side effects have overwhelmed rational fears about a deadly virus. It stems from disinformation — promoted by right-wing media, like Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News, the Sinclair Broadcast Group and online sources — those preys on the distrust that results from stagnant living standards.
A peak? future of Covid is uncertain, but I do think it’s possible that the partisan gap in Covid deaths reached its peak last month. There are two main reasons to expect the gap may shrink soon.
One, the new antiviral treatments from Pfizer and Merck seem likely to reduce Covid deaths everywhere, and especially in the places where they are most common. These treatments, along with the vaccines, may eventually turn this coronavirus into just another manageable virus. Two, red America has probably built up more natural immunity to Covid — from prior infections — than blue America, because the hostility to vaccination and social distancing has caused the virus to spread more widely. A buildup in natural immunity may be one reason that the partisan gap in new Covid cases has shrunk recently.
Death trends tend to lag case trends by a few weeks, which suggests the gap in deaths will shrink in November.
Still, nobody knows what will happen next. Much of the recent decline in caseloads is mysterious, which means it may not last. And the immunity from vaccination appears to be much stronger than the immunity from infection, which means that conservative Americans will probably continue to suffer an outsized amount of unnecessary illness and death.
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Meanwhile, approximately only 60% of Republican adults have received their first shot, according to data research by the New York Times.
And the gap in Covid’s death toll between “blue” states that vote mostly Democratic and “red” states that vote mostly Republican this fall widened more quickly than at any previous point of the pandemic.
A total of 25 out of every 100,000 residents in counties that voted for Donald Trump died of Covid in October, compared to the 7.8 per 100,000 in counties that voted heavily for Biden, according to the data analysis from the Times.
October marked the fifth consecutive month that the percentage gap of death rates in red and blue counties widened.
Charles Gaba, an independent health care analyst, said that in October, the “reddest” tenth of the US saw death rates from coronavirus six times higher than the “bluest” tenth.
“Those numbers have dropped slightly in recent weeks,” he told National Public Radio. “It’s back down to 5.5 times higher.”
Counties where Trump received over 70% of the vote experienced an even higher average of Covid-19 deaths compared to counties where Trump won at least 60%, the new data research revealed.
On the contrary, Covid-19 deaths in heavily Biden counties and swing counties did not rise over the past two months, despite the nationwide surge in cases.
In a press briefing on Friday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki reiterated the importance of Covid-19 precautionary measures and vaccines.
When asked about whether Biden will change his holiday plans and encourage Americans to think twice about doing anything special for the holiday break, she said: “We know that vaccines work, we know testing works … We know masking works … so we’re going to continue to double down on the steps and the approaches that we know have been effective to date.”
Earlier this week, the US death toll from Covid-19 passed 800,000, marking the highest reported toll of any country in the world.
The US accounts for approximately 4% of the world’s population but about 15% of the 5.3m known deaths from the coronavirus since the outbreak began in China two years ago.
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By the end of 2020, there was no discernible difference between the rate of people who died of COVID-19 from areas that voted for President Biden and those who voted for former President Donald Trump — but “then the vaccines arrived,” and “they proved so powerful, and the partisan attitudes toward them so different, that a gap in COVID’s death toll quickly emerged,” David Leonhardt writes in Monday’s New York Times. And now, “the gap in COVID’s death toll between red and blue America has grown faster over the past month than at any previous point.”
Residents of heavily Trump counties were more than three times likely to die from COVID in October than those in heavily Biden counties — 25 per 100,000 versus 7.8 per 100,000 — Leonhardt reports. “Some conservative writers have tried to claim that the gap may stem from regional differences in weather or age, but those arguments fall apart under scrutiny.” In fact, he argues, the “straightforward” explanation is that “the vaccines are remarkably effective at preventing severe COVID, and almost 40 percent of Republican adults remain unvaccinated, compared with about 10 percent of Democratic adults.”
So while the pandemic has shifted regions, Leonhardt writes, “COVID deaths have been concentrated in counties outside of major metropolitan areas. Many of these are in red states, while others are in red parts of blue or purple states, like Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Virginia, and even California.””
“This situation is a tragedy, in which irrational fears about vaccine side effects have overwhelmed rational fears about a deadly virus,” Leonhardt writes, but the good news is that the partisan gap very well may have peaked, thanks to promising new antiviral COVID-19 medications from Pfizer and Merck and greater natural immunity in hard-hit red America. There are caveats, like that natural immunity appears to be weaker than vaccinated immunity, and that so much about the pandemic is still mysterious.
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East County News Service December 6, 2021 (San Diego) –
The number of COVID-19 cases reported by San Diego County’s Health and Human Service Agency jumped to 1,153 on December 2nd. That’s nearly double the numbers the prior two days, which were in the 600s. County health officials s believe the upturn is tied to Thanksgiving gatherings and not due to the new Omicron variant, which has not yet been identified in San Diego County. The Delta variant still accounts for nearly all COVID-19 cases and deaths in the U.S.
The news comes on the heels of a National Public Radio (NPR) analysis which found death rates from COVID-19 in recent months have ranged from three to six times higher in Republican-leaning red states than in Democratic leaning blue states – a dramatic difference likely due primarily to high vaccination rates in blue states and low vaccination rates in red states. NPR credits the high death rate in red states to misinformation on COVID and vaccines.
“Unfortunately, rises like these after holidays are not unexpected,” said Cameron Kaiser, M.D., M.P.H., County deputy public health officer. Kaiser says more case increases are likely to occur during the next couple months because of other upcoming holidays.
“County residents need to be mindful that Delta is still out there,” Kaiser said. “Indoor masking, vaccination and good hygiene are still strongly advised. People should not visit family and friends or go to work if you’re ill.”
With recent detections of the Omicron variant in Los Angeles and San Francisco, the County continues to work with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the California Department of Public Health to review existing recommendations as more data becomes available.
County health officials urge San Diegans to continue following the measures to protect against all varieties of COVID-19, including the Omicron variant.
Get vaccinated and get a booster if you qualify. The vaccine is available at health care providers, retail pharmacies and community clinics. You can also make an appointment or find a site near you by calling (833) 422-4255 or visiting the My Turn website.
Wear a mask, especially in public indoor settings, regardless of vaccination status.
Get tested if you have any symptoms, whether you’ve been vaccinated or not. You can make a free test appointment or find a walk-in test clinic at coronavirus-sd.com.
Wash your hands frequently and stay home if you’re sick and distance yourself from others.
More information about COVID-19, testing and vaccinations can be found at coronavirus-sd.com.
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Ironically, the nation that is considered the most medically advanced in the world has the highest number of both confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths. The U.S. recorded just over 50.2 million cases, which is 18% of the world’s total. Deaths, at just over 798,000, are 15% of the world’s total. Contributing considerably to these counts is California, the state with the most COVID-19 deaths in America.
The U.S. was hit very hard early in the pandemic. Deaths and cases in New York City and surrounding areas exploded in March, April, and May 2020. Another wave hit the Western states in summer 2020. A third hammered most of the U.S. a year ago, when death rates and cases hit all-time highs. The current wave started in early September and has continued. Holiday gatherings this year could increase infection rates again, particularly as the omicron variant spreads.
Since COVID-19 began to affect people in late 2019 or early 2020, there have been over 270 million confirmed cases worldwide and over 5.2 million deaths. Many experts consider these numbers to be much too low. When the worldwide death figure crossed 5 million, Amber D’Souza, professor of epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, told National Geographic, “It’s quite possible that the number of deaths is double what we see.” U.S. case and death counts are also undercounted, according to most experts. (Find out which states are doing a better job fighting the virus: COVID-19: These are the states fighting it most successfully.)
To find the state with the most COVID-19 deaths, 24/7 Wall St. used data from state and local governments current as of Dec. 13. The state where the most people have died of COVID-19 is California. Confirmed deaths sit at 75,554, or close to 10% of the national total. Confirmed cases, at 5,171,240, are also about 10% of the national figure. California’s population is just below 40 million, or about 12% of the American total.
California almost completely missed the first wave of COVID-19 in America, which ran from March to May 2020. It was hit at a moderate level by the summer surge last year. The surge that started a year ago and ran until late January was the devastating one in California. Highly populated parts of the state like Los Angeles County ran out of intensive care beds. (Find out if California is among the states where the most people are vaccinated.)
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Vermont >Confirmed Deaths: 432 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 56,084 as of Dec 13
Alaska >Confirmed Deaths: 862 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 152,422 as of Dec 13
Hawaii >Confirmed Deaths: 1,055 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 89,014 as of Dec 13
District of Columbia >Confirmed Deaths: 1,199 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 68,702 as of Dec 13
Maine >Confirmed Deaths: 1,367 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 129,997 as of Dec 13
Wyoming >Confirmed Deaths: 1,472 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 112,862 as of Dec 13
New Hampshire >Confirmed Deaths: 1,781 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 174,456 as of Dec 13
North Dakota >Confirmed Deaths: 1,989 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 167,312 as of Dec 13
Delaware >Confirmed Deaths: 2,218 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 160,768 as of Dec 13
South Dakota >Confirmed Deaths: 2,407 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 171,583 as of Dec 13
Montana >Confirmed Deaths: 2,830 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 193,947 as of Dec 13
Rhode Island >Confirmed Deaths: 2,969 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 203,708 as of Dec 13
Nebraska >Confirmed Deaths: 3,263 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 322,477 as of Dec 13
Utah >Confirmed Deaths: 3,661 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 613,350 as of Dec 13
Idaho >Confirmed Deaths: 4,030 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 311,719 as of Dec 13
West Virginia >Confirmed Deaths: 5,107 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 308,204 as of Dec 13
Oregon >Confirmed Deaths: 5,381 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 400,188 as of Dec 13
New Mexico >Confirmed Deaths: 5,474 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 329,778 as of Dec 13
Kansas >Confirmed Deaths: 6,902 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 490,078 as of Dec 13
Iowa >Confirmed Deaths: 7,550 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 589,445 as of Dec 13
Nevada >Confirmed Deaths: 8,201 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 479,762 as of Dec 13
Arkansas >Confirmed Deaths: 8,848 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 538,426 as of Dec 13
Connecticut >Confirmed Deaths: 8,972 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 447,316 as of Dec 13
Washington >Confirmed Deaths: 9,602 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 793,129 as of Dec 13
Colorado >Confirmed Deaths: 9,830 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 859,545 as of Dec 13
Minnesota >Confirmed Deaths: 10,042 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 960,549 as of Dec 13
Mississippi >Confirmed Deaths: 10,326 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 519,115 as of Dec 13
Wisconsin >Confirmed Deaths: 10,386 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 1,024,195 as of Dec 13
Maryland >Confirmed Deaths: 11,255 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 592,912 as of Dec 13
Oklahoma >Confirmed Deaths: 11,384 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 681,346 as of Dec 13
Kentucky >Confirmed Deaths: 11,610 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 816,108 as of Dec 13
South Carolina >Confirmed Deaths: 14,375 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 929,077 as of Dec 13
Louisiana >Confirmed Deaths: 14,884 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 777,106 as of Dec 13
Virginia >Confirmed Deaths: 14,957 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 1,000,694 as of Dec 13
Missouri >Confirmed Deaths: 15,718 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 956,218 as of Dec 13
Alabama >Confirmed Deaths: 16,265 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 852,574 as of Dec 13
Tennessee >Confirmed Deaths: 17,729 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 1,336,078 as of Dec 13
Indiana >Confirmed Deaths: 18,014 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 1,154,552 as of Dec 13
North Carolina >Confirmed Deaths: 19,020 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 1,575,243 as of Dec 13
Massachusetts >Confirmed Deaths: 19,634 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 969,589 as of Dec 13
Arizona >Confirmed Deaths: 23,040 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 1,318,580 as of Dec 13
Michigan >Confirmed Deaths: 26,880 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 1,564,627 as of Dec 13
Ohio >Confirmed Deaths: 27,371 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 1,787,029 as of Dec 13
New Jersey >Confirmed Deaths: 28,589 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 1,306,722 as of Dec 13
Illinois >Confirmed Deaths: 29,954 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 1,908,614 as of Dec 13
Georgia >Confirmed Deaths: 30,798 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 1,676,787 as of Dec 13
New York >Confirmed Deaths: 59,784 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 2,853,344 as of Dec 13
Florida >Confirmed Deaths: 62,026 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 3,713,214 as of Dec 13
Texas >Confirmed Deaths: 74,939 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 4,387,404 as of Dec 13
California >Confirmed Deaths: 75,554 as of Dec 13 >Confirmed Cases: 5,171,240 as of Dec 13
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Cuyahoga highest: The number of coronavirus cases in Ohio per 100,000 residents increased to 783.2 from last week’s 718.5, with Cuyahoga County now leading the state with the most severe rate. Laura Hancock reports. Cuyahoga County has 1,267.7 cases per 100,000 residents, putting it at No. 1, up from 850.2 cases per 100,000, at No. 32.
Case record: The state of Ohio on Thursday reported 11,803 new cases of COVID-19, the highest total for any single day this year. Julie Washington reports the last three days of case reporting has been inflated somewhat to catch up on a backlog of cases dating back to the spring. This included an extra 1,347 older cases reported Thursday.
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How concerned are you, if at all, about the possibility of personally contracting the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus yourself?
Somewhat concerned 41%
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Very concerned 26%
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