I woke up with a scratchy throat and a cough, which pre-2020 would've been just another late November day. Ya get colds! Whaddya gonna do 'bout it?
However, Covid is still out there and still lethal - albeit in much reduced numbers. Balloon Juice's Anne Laurie puts together a weekly update. The CDC keeps reporting data, too. The reality is that Covid is still killing about 1,000 a week. That's striking for two reasons. The first is that red states are almost certainly fudging their numbers for the stupidest possible reason: To pwn the libtards. The second is that we have a new 9/11's worth of deaths every three weeks and no one gives a shit.
Every respiratory virus explodes during this time of year. It's the nature of how cold weather impacts our nasal membranes and the retreat indoors. Covid is now endemic as opposed to a pandemic, so it's around and killing people. Given the politicization of vaccines, let's hope the viral wrath falls heaviest on those who militantly refuse to get vaccinated, because they are not only risking their own lives but speeding the spread of the virus in general.
Since January 2021, the gap between Republicans and Democrats has grown, as Republicans have decided that vaccines are a deep state conspiracy. Be a shame if instant Darwin made a visit to those whose cultish devotion to freedumb risked all our lives.
At any rate, one has to wonder about the electoral impact of Covid. We've seen Democrats outperform expectations since 2020, and I do believe that 1/6 and Dobbs is driving that. However, is there a demographic event under the surface where older Republicans are dying of Covid at a disproportionate rate?
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