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Category: Pandemic

Democrats Threaten Democracy?

October 27, 2024November 4, 2024 bklinger

[Go to Not Going Back] Democrats are waging a war against free speech. Where is this war happening? In the imaginations of Republicans. This imaginary war has become the go-to response to accusations that Donald ....

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Communication, Defend Democracy, Health & Medicine, Pandemic, US Elections
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Five Years of Recent History

November 6, 2022November 7, 2022 bklinger

So much has been going on lately in the news that I created a chart to keep track of all (that is: some) of it. Right before the election seemed like a good time to ....

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Crime, Environment, Geography/Economics/Politics, Pandemic, Taxing and Spending, Technology, US Elections, War and Peace

Covid Deaths 2x Higher in Red Counties

April 29, 2022April 29, 2022 bklinger

In November, I showed that Covid deaths were lower in states that had higher vaccination rates, and that vaccination rates go up strongly with percentage of Democratic vote (State Covid Rates Decrease With Vaccination – ....

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Geography/Economics/Politics, Pandemic, US Elections

US Deaths Slightly Worse Than EU

February 12, 2022 bklinger

We hear a lot about the inadequacies of the US response to Covid-19 and the unnecessarily high death rate, but how do we compare to other countries? Here, I plot a comparison of Covid deaths, ....

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How to Show that Covid Dangers are a Government Fantasy

December 5, 2021December 5, 2021 bklinger

Mainstream Media, Academia, Government Says Covid Killed almost 800k Americans The mainstream media claims that Covid is a dangerous disease which is so deadly that the government has to intrude into private citizens’ lives to ....

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How Well is Vaccination Protecting Us?

December 4, 2021December 4, 2021 bklinger

For Americans 50-79 years old, Covid deaths among the unvaccinated were about half as large as deaths from all causes in 2019. Among vaccinated from the same age group, Covid deaths were about 3% of ....

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Health & Medicine, Pandemic, Social Policy

State Covid Rates Decrease with Vaccination – Or Do They?

November 9, 2021November 29, 2021 bklinger

The CDC reports that, based on a survey of health data from regions comprising about 30% of the total US population, in August vaccinated people had six time’s smaller chance of testing positive for Covid ....

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Geography/Economics/Politics, Health & Medicine, Pandemic, Social Policy, Uncategorized

Yep, Republican States Get Covid More

July 17, 2021July 20, 2021 bklinger

Since I, my family, my friends, and a majority of people here in the DC region are vaccinated and mask mandates have come down, I've been feeling pretty post-pandemic. But the latest numbers are a ....

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More Covid Vaccination ==> Less Infection?

June 25, 2021June 25, 2021 bklinger

PDF version of post Download Abstract A scatter plot shows the empirical relationship between new case loads and vaccination rates for Covid-19 among different US states in early Spring 2021.  There is a large scatter ....

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Physical Distancing for the Vaccinated – Spring Edition

April 28, 2021June 2, 2021 bklinger

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has issued new guidance for mask wearing and other Covid-19 preventative measures based on vaccination status. They include a graphic summary, which I've simplified here. I think theirs is ....

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