I got curious this morning about death rates from covid in my county. They are running about the same as they were same time last year without the vaccine. But yet my state shows that the death rate in the whole state is only half of what it was this time last year.
Weird.
My county is a red county. I go to a few blue counties which are more densely populated and check their death rates. They show half or quarter of the deaths this year compared to last year this time.
Weird again.
Why are people in red counties more likely to die from covid right now? Or is it the case that coroners in blue counties don't list covid as the primary cause while those in red counties are listing covid more frequently?
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branchandroot
Red vs. Blue
Date: 2022-01-18 07:38 pm (UTC)Weird.
My county is a red county. I go to a few blue counties which are more densely populated and check their death rates. They show half or quarter of the deaths this year compared to last year this time.
Weird again.
Why are people in red counties more likely to die from covid right now? Or is it the case that coroners in blue counties don't list covid as the primary cause while those in red counties are listing covid more frequently?
I smell politics afoot.