I've long considered the Republican Party a death cult, the sort of cult which actively works to make mass shootings more likely, suggests to its whacko base that enemies should be killed, and fails to address perils which threaten all of humanity. Now, the party has morphed from a death cult to a suicide cult... counties in which Trump won the vote now have much higher COVID death rates than counties in which Biden voters dominated:
People living in counties that went 60% or higher for Trump in November 2020 had 2.7 times the death rates of those that went for Biden. Counties with an even higher share of the vote for Trump saw higher COVID-19 mortality rates.
In October, the reddest tenth of the country saw death rates that were six times higher than the bluest tenth, according to Charles Gaba, an independent health care analyst who's been tracking partisanship trends during the pandemic and helped to review NPR's methodology. Those numbers have dropped slightly in recent weeks, Gaba says: "It's back down to around 5.5 times higher."
This trend can be chalked up to anti-vaccine attitudes among Republican voters, which led to them being the largest group of unvaccinated individuals in these here United States. These are people who believe the disinformation campaigns about the contagiousness and lethality of COVID, the efficacy of mask wearing, and the utility of quack remedies. These are people who believe Facebook randos over epidemiologists. Personally, I've lost all sympathy for these people who reject a freely offered vaccine. I just can't feel bad about their deaths, especially since they actively seek to harm people I care about. I even have nasty thoughts about COVID being a remedy for Republican gerrymandering and voter suppression. I'm comfortable with these MAGA loons dying, and that makes me uncomfortable.
Post title adapted from my favorite line from the first 'Conan' movie. Two, three years ago, the GOP was just another death cult, now it's a suicide pact.
They WILL own the libs even if it kills them!
ReplyDeleteThey are starting to back down a little bit around here.
ReplyDeleteMostly they don't care about anything, but enough old people have died.
The fact that the hospital is full with sick people is beginning to enter their thinking. Also they begin to feel more scared, because it is not just old people.
I don't expect any big changes. My neighbors hate wearing masks and they truly believe that this vaccine is an evil conspiracy.
As far as i can understand, they believe it is a disease that only affects Gentiles.
Laughs in Cimmerian!
ReplyDeleteThey WILL own the libs even if it kills them!
ReplyDeleteI feel totally dissed and dismissed.
As far as i can understand, they believe it is a disease that only affects Gentiles.
If I hadn't read the 'Great Brain' books, I would have assumed you meant Jewish people here.
Laughs in Cimmerian!
CROM!