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Showing Original Post only (View all)Omicron Threatens Red America [View all]
In many communities, most adults remain unvaccinated.https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/17/briefing/omicron-spread-red-america.html
Tucker Carlson could do it. So could Laura Ingraham, Mark Levin or Donald Trump himself. One of these conservative figures could go on the air and explain that the Omicron variant has placed much of their audience in grave danger. They could remind people that they have been skeptical of vaccines at times but that Omicron is different. It is so contagious that it may quickly sweep the country.
As they issued this warning, they could still take their usual swipes at the political left, mocking panicky liberals for wearing masks outdoors and forcing children to sit apart in cold schoolyards. Conservatives dont need to do any of that; they just need to take a Covid-19 vaccine the Trump vaccine that could save their life.
I dont have any illusions about how likely this scenario is, but I do think that unvaccinated Americans who are disproportionately Republican are now in even more danger than a few weeks ago. Omicron seems to be qualitatively more contagious than any earlier variant. As my colleague Emily Anthes writes, in a roundup of the latest developments: In South Africa, Omicron spread twice as fast as the highly infectious Delta variant. In Britain, officials have estimated that 200,000 people are becoming infected with Omicron every day. In Denmark, Omicron cases are doubling roughly every two days.
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In the U.S., partisanship is the biggest factor determining vaccination rates. If Democratic voters made up their own country, it would be one of the worlds most vaccinated, with more than 91 percent of adults having received at least one shot. Only about 60 percent of Republican adults have done so. This vaccination gap has created a huge gap in death rates, one that has grown sharply during the second half of the year.
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Don't give those unvaccinated (red line in the graph) people any hospital care they can die at home.
Botany
Dec 2021
#1
Fuck 'em BTW a friend is a nurse in a hopsital and everyday he is at risk treating these clowns
Botany
Dec 2021
#28
Yes though I might add: for the unvaxxed, because it was their choice to put others at risk.
JudyM
Dec 2021
#84
Once you start picking and choosing based on something other than triage criteria
NH Ethylene
Dec 2021
#87
Triage is treating those who need it most but have the best chance to survive.
NH Ethylene
Dec 2021
#59
Unvaccinated people have a lesser chance of surviving. Scarcity of resources requires choices.
Gore1FL
Dec 2021
#70
You are ethically correct but we are talking about people who have no ethics whatsoever.
Prof. Toru Tanaka
Dec 2021
#97
15 more red voters dying per 100k blue voters? Need the gap to open more, then the fascists
Alexander Of Assyria
Dec 2021
#3
Shhh...they don't know that yet, Fox convinced them horse medicine cures fake virus, so....
Alexander Of Assyria
Dec 2021
#86
No surprises here. I think by the beginning of the year, following Christmas get togethers
captain queeg
Dec 2021
#4
We need to publicly call out the GOP politicians such as DeSantis and Abbot who are spreading ...
Botany
Dec 2021
#6
In spite of his horrible response to the pandemic, 11 million more people voted for him than in 2016
CrispyQ
Dec 2021
#48
Thanks for making this point, because if anyone thinks he cant win again, they are mistaken.
Eliot Rosewater
Dec 2021
#95
Cafeteria-style science ... that's an excellent way to compare and describe it.
NurseJackie
Dec 2021
#14
That has been my idea for months. BTW we can use a back hoe to dig graves next to the tents.
Botany
Dec 2021
#17
One dangerous aspect not discussed by MSM outlets is the likelihood that among those who survive
Ford_Prefect
Dec 2021
#9
As to survivors, many will suffer Long Covid for months and years. . . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Dec 2021
#12
I'd say the article points out that this is taking place... among the 'strong' right. (n/t)
OldBaldy1701E
Dec 2021
#91
I am okay with giving them all the horse dewormer and hydroxy that they want....
TheRealNorth
Dec 2021
#66
That horse has already left the barn. even if one of these idiots told the mouthbreathers the truth.
Javaman
Dec 2021
#49
Pay to play. If there is hospital space available, quarantine the area and only
housecat
Dec 2021
#50