Subj : COVID-19 demographics
To   : JEFF THIELE
From : Mike Powell
Date : Thu Oct 20 2022 16:36:00

> [Paragraphs containing facts are interspersed with personal stories in the
> article, which is why there are so many ellipses. Also, the statistics do not
> compare raw numbers of demographic groups, but compare incidents per 100,000
> members of each demographic group.]

> "The easy explanation is that it reflects the choices of Republicans not to be
> vaccinated, but the reasons go deeper."
> [...]
> "Resilience gave way to fatigue. Holes left by rural hospital closures
> deepened. Medical mistrust and misinformation raged. Skeptics touted debunked
> alternatives over proven treatments and prevention. Mask use became a victim
> of social stigma."

> "Many Republicans decided they would rather roll the dice with their health
> than follow public health guidance -- even when provided by President Donald
> Trump, who was booed after saying he had been vaccinated and boosted."

So you removed the "personal stories" but then left in the opinion parts?
The only parts that are not opinion are the first two sentences of the second
paragraph I quoted above.  The rest assumes that people who did what they
were told and got the shots didn't die.  It also assumes that there was no
misinformation before that time, and assumes that people who were set
against getting the shot would have waited until Autumn, 2021, to finally
decide not to get it.

It is probably easily explained by the first sentence.  By Autumn 2021,
most people were no longer following masking or distancing guidelines.
Some places were also forcing their workforce back into the office by then.
Something it doesn't mention (or that you left out), is that
by that point, the gaps between the continued effectiveness of the three
shot flavors (Moderna, Pfizer, and J&J) were growing.

In Autumn, 2021, when I went to get my booster, the medical professional
who administered it was suggesting that people who got J&J probably needed
to get two boosters (of a different flavor), and my own doctor told me that
patients who got Moderna orignally were doing much better at not getting sick
than patients who got one of the other two.


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