Republican opposition to Covid vaccines killed people

“In this..study evaluating 538 159 deaths in individuals aged 25 years & older in Florida & Ohio..excess mortality was significantly higher for Republican voters than Democratic voters after COVID-19 vaccines were available to all adults, but not before.” https://t.co/3ighodMfvE
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) July 24, 2023

The political maelstrom swirling around coronavirus vaccines may be to blame for a higher rate of excess deaths among registered Republicans in Ohio and Florida during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study published Monday.https://t.co/mfMv6vMSax
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 24, 2023

Under DeSantis, Floridians died at a higher rate than residents of almost any other state during the Delta wave of Covid; with 7% of the nation’s population, Florida accounted for 14% of deaths from July and October. @SharonLNYT @PatriciaMazzei @albertsun https://t.co/QpNNKLe3Ag
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) July 23, 2023

“The NPR analysis found that people in counties that primarily voted for Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election were three times as likely to die from covid-19 compared with those living in counties that leaned toward President Joe Biden.” https://t.co/NEsYfFyUkz
— jennycohn@toad.social ✍🏻 📢 (@jennycohn1) July 28, 2023

Tweet on death rates by Nate Silver

Top and bottom states for COVID and flu vaccinations

In general, blue states at the top and red states at the bottom

What distinguishes the top 10 states for COVID vaccination from the bottom 10 states? Conservative media has played a huge role in this public health fiasco. pic.twitter.com/SFTyeNXjwK
— Jonathan Reiner (@JReinerMD) November 19, 2022

Flu vaccination by state. pic.twitter.com/Fd9lNSaxML
— Jonathan Reiner (@JReinerMD) November 19, 2022

A new low for Clarence Thomas?

Clarence Thomas claimed in a dissenting opinion that Covid vaccines are derived from the cells of “aborted children.”

No Covid vaccines in the U.S. contain the cells of aborted fetuses. https://t.co/13YartfO5Z
— POLITICO (@politico) June 30, 2022

60% of Covid deaths since the vaccine became available could have been prevented

A new estimate is even higher:

Half the Americans who died with COVID since vaccines became available might have been saved by getting the shot. That's 319,000 preventable deaths.

States where the most lives could've been saved: West Virginia, Wyoming, Tennessee, Kentucky and Oklahoma.https://t.co/hBprYz4ZTb
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 18, 2022

One tragic fact about the nearly 1 million people who have died of COVID-19 in the U.S. is that a huge share of them didn't have to.

Nationally, nearly 319,000 deaths could have been prevented with vaccination, according a new estimate. https://t.co/88M9amVCVC
— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) May 13, 2022

The human cost of anti-vaccine politicking is almost incomprehensible in scale. https://t.co/ZeJH8knvH6
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) April 21, 2022

Most adults in the U.S. have gotten a #COVID19 vaccine, but most of those who have died from the virus have been unvaccinated.

Our analysis estimates that vaccines could have prevented 234,000 deaths since June: https://t.co/MxPhJXH9wg pic.twitter.com/yoGvliuFLO
— KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation) (@KFF) April 22, 2022

Who is still dying of COVID in 2022?

In 23 studied U.S. jurisdictions, among people who died of COVID in January:

78% were 65 & over
58% were unvaccinated
87% didn't have a booster shot

15% were under 65 & unvaccinated
Only 1.5% were under 65 & boostedhttps://t.co/0WN7zxmOQY pic.twitter.com/yJnDR8fyzB
— Emma Wager (@emmawage) April 21, 2022

Over 10 months, COVID-19 vaccines prevented more than 1.5 million infections and about 20,000 deaths in California, a new study estimates https://t.co/xS0a9dabrU
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) April 22, 2022

Tweets on the second Covid booster shot

I haven’t gotten my second booster yet.

A few countries are rolling out second Covid booster shots. Here’s a look at the evidence for them, and their limitations https://t.co/8pFMFT62L2
— Bloomberg (@business) April 8, 2022

The Food and Drug Administration has authorized a second booster shot of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for people over 50 or with compromised immune systems. https://t.co/1ixWd34ScS
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) April 9, 2022

My second booster didn’t hurt a bit. If you’re 50 and older or immunocompromised, get your second booster as soon as you’re eligible. pic.twitter.com/puLZPhMXxg
— President Biden (@POTUS) March 30, 2022

The exact same day NACI recommends second boosters, an Israeli study is published in the NEJM stating second booster protection lasts less than a month.

You can't make this stuff up.🤡 pic.twitter.com/5FoKFJJASl
— Kelly Brown (@rubiconcapital_) April 6, 2022

A second Pfizer Covid booster helped protect older people against Omicron infection but waned after just four weeks, according to a large new study from Israel. https://t.co/QKoOwDuBga
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 6, 2022

"If you've had omicron in the last two or three months, that really did boost your immune system quite well," Walensky said, adding that these individuals could wait 2-4 months before their second booster.

Why do we tolerate the demonstrably incompetent? https://t.co/s7sbifROOY
— Alexandros Marinos (@alexandrosM) April 5, 2022

Now that more people can receive an additional #covid19 vaccine dose, should they get it? Is there any downside? And does it make sense to wait until a big event such as international travel or big gathering to get the booster?

With @katiahetter @CNN: https://t.co/sQbKmeck7w
— Leana Wen, M.D. (@DrLeanaWen) April 1, 2022

The US should try this to get people vaccinated

It’s working in other places apparently lol https://t.co/S23QNzafXK
— Ally R. | Magical Lifestyle (@GirlLovesMagic) January 9, 2022

The media’s misleading tweets on Air Force vaccinations

They are emphasizing the small number of people who won’t get vaccinated instead of the large majority who have been vaccinated.

97.3% of active duty members are partially or fully vaccinated. That should be in the tweet. Mandates work. https://t.co/XC2aKfVIah
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) December 14, 2021

You should have tweeted that around 97% of active duty members are vaccinated. Instead, you buried it in your article. Mandates work.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) December 14, 2021

The Air Force has discharged 27 service members for refusing to get the Covid-19 vaccine, a spokeswoman said, making these likely the first troops to be removed from the military for failure to obey the vaccine mandate. https://t.co/dfdruN2Qww
— CNN (@CNN) December 14, 2021

U.S. Air Force removes 27 service members for refusing COVID-19 vaccine https://t.co/nY04ijcA6p pic.twitter.com/xlGjOhJlXy
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 14, 2021

This is the right way to discuss this. Most media tweets I have seen emphasize the small number of military members who won't get vaccinated. https://t.co/KqhkOUrSNy
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) December 14, 2021

The majority of Republicans don’t want a booster

There is a 30 point partisan gap on who is fully vaccinated. There is a 41 point(!) gap on getting boosters. Only about one-third of all GOPers say they have or will get the booster. https://t.co/KpAL7mBDlf
— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) December 2, 2021

New @KFF poll on booster shots:

Fully-vaccinated Democrats:
75% already/definitely will get
15% probably get
7% probably/definitely won't get

Fully-vaccinated Republicans:
50% already/definitely will get
16% probably get
31% probably/definitely won't get
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) December 2, 2021

Anti-vaccine advocates are wrong

They’re doing bizarre stuff like trying to undo the vaccine.

Republicans eager to buck vaccine mandates have embraced the argument that immunity from earlier infections should be enough to earn an exemption. Scientists says vaccines offer a more consistent level of protection for people who have had COVID-19.https://t.co/3FFIDu1RhV
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 21, 2021

Florida Gov. DeSantis signs several anti-vaccine mandate bills into law. https://t.co/L7gfoKU2P9
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 18, 2021

and there’s this:

Baking soda and epsom salt baths take covid misinformation to a new level. @uche_blackstock talks to @kendisgibson and @lindseyreiser about the new push by anti-vaxxers to "detox" their vaccines. pic.twitter.com/F4dYIOGAKA
— MSNBC Reports: Weekends (@MSNBCweekends) November 13, 2021

New (and a particularly wild one) from me + @BrandyZadrozny :

Anti-vaxxers are caving to mandates and getting the shot.

Then they're scrambling to "undo" it by drawing blood, cupping, or… bathing in Borax.

It doesn't work. They're still vaccinated.https://t.co/95ctZ6YTGT
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) November 12, 2021

In my latest, I investigate the unproven and dangerous 'de-vaccination' treatments sweeping social media.

I found blood letting, electric shocks and toxic bleach offered as ways to purge the COVID vaccine from the human body (1) https://t.co/N893PvjdrH
— Tom Porter (@Finneganporter) November 26, 2021

“The other contagion”: Covid misinformation and vaccine-bashing from pundits like Tucker Carlson has radicalized a wave of parents into rejecting ordinary childhood immunizations and vaccines they previously accepted — with potentially lethal consequences. https://t.co/geSnRcE6p8
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 26, 2022

The #polio outbreak in NY has #antivaxxers celebrating, spreading lies, and generally happy.https://t.co/EIR6UYw0Xd
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) August 17, 2022

A story about anti-vaccine harassment:

I spent 30 minutes on the phone with an important person in the community who runs a highly regarded non-profit health organization. I asked them to endorse polio vaccination messaging.

They refused.

I couldn’t understand it.
— Blimi Marcus DNP RN (@MarcusBlimi) August 18, 2022

Anti-vaxxers terrible comparison of their situation to the Holocaust

They obviously have no understanding of the Holocaust.

I'm not easily triggered. But I am triggered by spoiled, well-off, self-indulgent, and thoughtless Americans comparing themselves to Jews in Nazi-occupied Europe, who were forced to wear yellow stars so as to be more easily subject to persecution, and then to extermination. https://t.co/JFDdK69zSD
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) November 13, 2021