In the U.S., the death rate from COVID-19 is nearly three times higher in areas with the highest support for former President Trump than those with the highest support for President Joe Biden, an analysis found.
NPR, a public radio station in the United States, analyzed its own statistics from May to last month, and found that residents of counties who voted for Trump at least 60% in the last election are more likely to die from COVID-19 than those where they voted for Biden by 60% or more. It was said that this was 2.7 times more.
The analysis included adults 18 years of age and older living in more than 3,000 counties, excluding Alaska, Hawaii and Nebraska, which did not submit county-specific election results or vaccination data.
Counties with higher support for Trump had higher mortality rates and lower vaccination rates, NPR explained.
Ex-President Trump received the COVID-19 vaccine, but he had a strong negative perception, such as not actively encouraging vaccination, and President Biden is actively involved in vaccination, such as enforcing mandatory federal agency workers, etc. despite the controversy.
President Biden is prioritizing the expansion of testing and booster vaccinations rather than containment for the spread of the new mutant Omicron of Corona 19 as the top priority of quarantine measures.
In September, the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit research institute, also released a study that found that counties that voted for Trump more often had 10% or more lower rates of COVID-19 vaccination than counties that voted for President Biden.
The NPR also noted that while Republican coverage is currently stagnant at about 59 percent, coverage among Democrats is 91 percent.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that as of the 4th of last month, 184.47 million people, or 71.4% of adults 18 years of age and older, had been vaccinated, and 198.58 million people, or 59.8% of the population, were vaccinated. said.