Got first doze of Pfizer today
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AKiss20
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A very strong correlation is seen in the data between vaccine hesitancy and and vote share in 2020. Take that as you will, but I recently read this article and thought it was germane to the conversation as it brings actual data to the table.
https://mobile.twitter.com/DKThomp/status/1383388938916618244?s=19
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive...cy-politics.html?referringSource=articleShare
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Quoting the nyt and Twitter as authoritative? Really? How about People magazine or the Farmers Almanac?
AKiss20
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If you would actually read the article rather than just looking at the URLs, like someone discussing in good faith would, you would see the underlying data comes from DHHS and the CDC. Have a direct link to the DHHS data if you wish. https://aspe.hhs.gov/pdf-report/vaccine-hesitancy
I included the twitter link because it has the NYT graphics posted in them and some may want to just see the graphics rather than going to the full site (which may be paywalled).
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However, in massachusetts, there are communities/groups that are reluctant to get vaccinated... so much so that the there are specific outreach programs. The state leaders have enlisted trusted communities leader to advocate for vaccinations. And if you think those groups went for President Trump...
I suspect a better correlation would be between covid-19 case counts and covid-19-related death counts and interest in being vaccinated. And it would be easier to make the case for cause/effect.
AKiss20
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Quoted from the article:
On the divide in hesitancy:
"Vaccine hesitancy is highest in counties that are rural and have lower income levels and college graduation rates — the same characteristics found in counties that were more likely to have supported Mr. Trump. In wealthier Trump-supporting counties with higher college graduation rates, the vaccination gap is smaller, the analysis found, but the partisan gap holds even after accounting for income, race and age demographics, population density and a county’s infection and death rate."
On the divide in vaccination rates:
"The divide in vaccination rates remained even after accounting for a variety of factors, including infection rates, population density and educational attainment."
On outliers:
"To be sure, there are counties that supported Mr. Trump in the last election and now have above-average vaccination rates....Likewise, some counties that supported Mr. Biden are now lagging in vaccination efforts. In Hudson County, N.J., which supported Mr. Biden by a wide margin last year, about 25 percent of adult residents have been fully vaccinated."
I posted to bring actual data to the table whereas thusfar all discussion on the topic of hesitancy has been anecdotal. The post I replied to speculated that the correlation was not present based on anecdotal data. I thought some *actual* data to assess that hypothesis would be useful. Again, take it as you will. Apologies if I broke some rule that all discussion here must be based purely on anecdotes and conjecture.
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